What the panel ordered
Findings and Award issued on September 11, 2020, rescinded; Compromise and Release filed July 8, 2022, approved.
Petition for reconsideration of Findings and Award issued by WCJ on September 11, 2020, granted and further study ordered.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
Permanent total disabilityApplicant prevailedpsyche · internal systems
The WCJ found permanent partial disability of 38%, but the applicant contended the injury caused permanent total disability; the petition for reconsideration was granted, but the parties resolved the matter by compromise and release, which was approved by the Board.
From the decision · page 1I. applicant, petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on September 11, 2020. In that decision, the WCJ found in case ADJ8529696 that applicant sustained injury to his psyche and internal systems in the form of hypertension, stroke, obstructive sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, headaches, diabetes and gastroesophageal reflux disease resulting in need of further medical treatment, temporary disability from June 1, 2012, through June 1, 2014, and permanent partial disability of 38%. The WCJ also found that case ADJ9280892 is duplicative of case ADJ8529696. Applicant contends in his petition for reconsideration that the WCJ erred in not finding that the injury caused permanent total disability. Defendant filed an answer contending that the petition for reconsideration should be denied. The WCJ issued a report in which she recommended that the petition for reconsideration be denied.