What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; WCJ decision rescinded and substituted; matter returned to trial level for further proceedings.
Petition for Reconsideration granted, prior WCJ Findings of Fact and Order rescinded and substituted, matter returned to trial level for further proceedings.
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 Appeals Board found that a contested claim existed at the time the medical-legal expenses were incurred, based on the evidence including the settlement of the EDD lien for benefits paid during the delay period, which indicated a contested claim existed.
From the decision · page 53. A contested claim existed at the time cost petitioner incurred expenses from March 26, 2018 through April 16, 2018.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Settlement of EDD's lien for benefits paid during the delay period.