What the panel ordered
Rescind Findings and Award; return to WCJ for development of the record under Labor Code section 5701p. 2
Petition for Reconsideration from WCJ Findings and Award of January 27, 2022
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.
QME/AME processApplicant prevailedright shoulder
QME failed to explain how and why specific injury caused 20% of permanent disability and failed to apportion permanent disability rather than need for surgery
From the decision · page 10In short, the opinions expressed by the QME with respect to both causation and apportionment are deficient, and multiple supplemental reports and deposition testimony have not rehabilitated the QME’s reporting. We therefore conclude that the medical-legal reporting of Dr. Huffer is both legally insufficient and analytically incomplete.