What the panel ordered
Findings and Award of January 15, 2021, rescinded; Compromise and Release filed March 25, 2022, approved; award of further medical treatment granted.
Petition for reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued by WCJ on January 15, 2021, granted for further study; parties participated in settlement conference and agreed to partial Compromise and Release.
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.
The WCJ's permanent partial disability rating of 64% was not increased, and the petition for vocational rehabilitation expert opinion was denied; the parties settled by Compromise and Release except for further medical treatment rights.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant's injury to lumbar spine, right shoulder, and hernia arose out of employment on October 29, 2014.
Favours Applicant prevailed
Established compensable injury and basis for disability rating and treatment rights.