What the panel ordered
The WCAB granted the Petition for Reconsideration, affirmed the Findings of Fact & Order except to defer the issues of neurological and circadian system injuries, and returned the matter to the WCJ for further proceedings.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the Findings of Fact & Order issued by the WCJ on June 15, 2022, which found injury AOE/COE to hands, knees, and right ankle but deferred neurological and circadian system injury issues; the WCAB granted reconsideration to defer those issues and return the matter to the WCJ 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 WCAB found that the issues of injury to the neurological system in the form of tremors and to the circadian system in the form of a sleep disorder were not properly tried at the expedited hearing and deferred these issues for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 4In light of the fact that the issues submitted for decision included issues not properly tried at an expedited hearing, it is appropriate that the issues of whether applicant sustained an industrial injury to her neurological system in the form of tremors and/or to her circadian system in the form of a sleep disorder be deferred.