What the panel ordered
Findings of Fact and Opinion on Decision issued by WCJ on November 10, 2020 affirmed
Petition for reconsideration granted to study factual and legal issues; decision after reconsideration issued affirming WCJ's findings
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 affirmed the WCJ's finding that the QME panel was valid but allowed the defendant to challenge the appropriateness of the panel specialty upon remand for hearing.
From the decision · page 2Although the decision contains a finding that is final, defendant is only challenging the WCJ's finding that qualified medical evaluator (QME) panel number 7313432 is valid. Therefore, we will apply the removal standard to our review. (See Gaona, supra.)
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ found the QME panel number 7313432 to be validly issued.
Favours Defendant prevailed