What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; May 28, 2025 decision affirmed except amended to defer issues of injury from manganese and vanadium exposure and medical monitoring.
applicant seeks reconsideration of the May 28, 2025 Findings of Fact and Order, which found injury to the respiratory system but deferred other issues including injury to nose and sinuses and medical monitoring.
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.
AOE/COEDeferrednose · sinuses · neurologic system
The WCJ deferred the issues of injury and medical monitoring related to manganese and vanadium exposure, which was affirmed and amended on reconsideration to explicitly defer these issues with jurisdiction reserved.
From the decision · page 65. All other issues, including the issues of injury as a result of exposure to manganese and vanadium, and medical monitoring, are deferred, with jurisdiction reserved.