What the panel ordered
The WCAB rescinded the September 29, 2022 Findings and Awards and remanded the matter to the WCJ to consider the parties' Compromise and Release and conduct further proceedings as appropriate.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Awards issued on September 29, 2022, which found permanent partial disability percentages for injuries in three cases.
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 disability ratingRemandedmultiple parts of body
The WCAB rescinded the prior Findings and Awards and remanded for consideration of the Compromise and Release, thus not ruling on the merits of the permanent partial disability ratings.
From the decision · page 1Defendant, State of California, Department of Transportation, petitions for reconsideration of the Findings and Awards issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on September 29, 2022. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant's admitted industrial injuries to multiple parts of his body during a cumulative period ending February 10, 2014 (ADJ9823497) and on May 26, 2016 (ADJ10495068) caused permanent partial disability of 85%. The WCJ also found that the industrial injury on February 18, 2009 (ADJ7667324) caused permanent partial disability of 14%.