What the panel ordered
The Findings and Order issued by the WCA on July 12, 2021, is rescinded and the matter is returned to the arbitrator for further proceedings consistent with this decision.
Petition for reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by a workers' compensation arbitrator on July 12, 2021, was granted to further study factual and legal issues.
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 the record incomplete and lacking proper evidence to support the denial, requiring further proceedings for a proper record and due process.
From the decision · page 1applicant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued by a workers' compensation arbitrator (WCA) on July 12, 2021, wherein the WCA found that applicant was not entitled to temporary disability indemnity arising from his prostate surgery based upon Labor Code section 48531 as well as an August 22, 2017 stipulated agreement between applicant and his employer in conjunction with his industrial disability retirement (IDR).
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The arbitrator's decision was based on an incomplete record without a proper transcript or summary of testimony and documentary evidence.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This lack of a proper record prevented meaningful review and due process, necessitating rescission and remand for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 2Here, the WCA issued the Report on September 2, 2021, however, to date, an electronic copy of the complete record of proceedings has not been submitted.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
San Bernardino Cmty. Hosp. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 928
Due process requires a meaningful consideration of the merits of every case de novo with a well-reasoned decision based on the evidentiary record and the relevant law.
The Appeals Board must protect due process rights and ensure a complete record for meaningful review.
From the decision · page 3The Appeals Board's constitutional requirement to accomplish substantial justice means that the Appeals Board must protect the due process rights of every person seeking reconsideration. (See San Bernardino Cmty. Hosp. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 928, 936 [64 Cal.Comp.Cases 986] ["essence of due process is... notice and the opportunity to be heard"]; Katzin v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1992) 5 Cal.App.4th 703, 710 [57 Cal.Comp.Cases 230].) In fact, "a denial of due process renders the appeals board's decision unreasonable..." and therefore vulnerable to a writ of review. (Von Ritzhoff, supra, 233 Cal.App.4th at p. 985 citing Lab. Code, § 5952(a), (c).) Thus, due process requires a meaningful consideration of the merits of every case de novo with a well-reasoned decision based on the evidentiary record and the relevant law.
What proof carried it
The evidence the panel weighed, by kind.
lack of a proper record and incomplete evidentiary record
From the decision · page 2Here, the WCA issued the Report on September 2, 2021, however, to date, an electronic copy of the complete record of proceedings has not been submitted.
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