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.
VA stipend excluded from average weekly earnings because it was tied to a specific client who died before applicant stopped working due to injury; stipend was not reasonably anticipated to continue
WCAB granted reconsideration to correct average weekly earnings calculation but otherwise affirmed WCJ
From the decision · page 4IT IS ORDERED that defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration of the December 15, 2020 Findings and Order is GRANTED.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Favours Defendant prevailed
Stipend termination was caused by client's death, not industrial injury, so it did not reflect earning capacity during disability period
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