What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied; statute of limitations defense rejected; additional QME panels orderedp. 1
Defendant petitioned WCAB for reconsideration of WCJ's Amended Findings and Award ordering additional QME panels after rejecting statute of limitations defense
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.
Statute of limitationsApplicant prevailedbilateral wrists · hands
Applicant lacked physician's diagnosis of disability caused by work until QME Dr. Whitelaw; mere knowledge of symptoms or self-use of supports insufficient to trigger statute
From the decision · page 5In the Amended Findings and Award, Defendant’s statute of limitations defense was rejected and the requested additional QME panels were ordered.