What the panel ordered
Findings and Award issued February 17, 2022, affirmed by WCAB Decision After Reconsideration dated November 29, 2023.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by defendant and granted to further study factual and legal issues; WCJ recommended denial of Petition; WCAB considered and affirmed WCJ Findings and Award after reconsideration.
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 ratingApplicant prevailedheart · left main coronary artery
The WCAB found Dr. Nacouzi's medical opinions to be substantial evidence supporting the 56% permanent disability rating and found no good cause to appoint a regular physician or replace the QME.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Award (F&A) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on February 17, 2022, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that applicant's October 31, 2017 injury caused 56% permanent disability and that, "There is no good cause for a replacement QME or an appointment of a regular physician." (F&A, p. 1.)