What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision deferred pending further review.
Defendant IGF filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the January 27, 2021 Findings and Award. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration and deferred final decision pending further review of the merits of the Petition and the entire record.
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.
Cumulative traumaDeferredcervical spine · thoracic spine · lumbosacral spine
The issue of whether there is one or two cumulative trauma injuries and the date of injury require further study, so final decision is deferred.
From the decision · page 7While we agree that the WCJ properly found that applicant had sustained injury AOE/COE but based on the record before us, the issue of whether there is one or two cumulative trauma injuries requires further study. Moreover, the issue of the date of injury pursuant to section 5412 also requires further study because determination of the date requires that the issue of whether there was one or two periods of cumulative trauma be determined.