What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is denied.
Applicant seeks reconsideration of the March 5, 2024 Findings of Fact in two consolidated cases, ADJ13419831 and ADJ13420585, challenging the WCJ's findings on injury and disability.
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/COEDefendant prevailedmouth · throat · neck · headaches
The WCJ's findings that the applicant sustained injury to the mouth and throat but not to the neck or headaches, and no disability, were supported by substantial evidence including medical-legal reports and applicant's medical history showing nonindustrial causes for some symptoms.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the March 5, 2024 Findings of Fact in Case No. ADJ13419831, wherein the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant, while employed as a machine operator on October 24, 2019, sustained industrial injury to his mouth and to the inside of his throat. The WCJ found that applicant did not sustain injury in the form of headaches or to the neck; sustained no temporary or permanent disability; and required no further medical treatment to cure or relieve from the effects of his condition.