What the panel ordered
Affirmed prior decision except amended Finding of Fact #2 on PD rate
Decision After Reconsideration amending prior award disability rate to conform to parties' stipulations
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold December 24, 2025, April 23, 2021.
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 found good cause to amend the disability rate to conform to the parties' stipulations and affirmed the prior decision except for the amended finding.
From the decision · page 1On December 24, 2025, we issued a Notice of Intent to Issue Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration (Notice), wherein the Appeals Board found that good cause existed to amend the disability rate of a prior award of permanent disability to conform to the stipulations of the parties.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Good cause found to amend the disability rate of a prior award to conform to the stipulations of the parties
Favours Applicant prevailed
This finding justified amending the April 23, 2021 decision's disability rate
From the decision · page 1On December 24, 2025, we issued a Notice of Intent to Issue Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration (Notice), wherein the Appeals Board found that good cause existed to amend the disability rate of a prior award of permanent disability to conform to the stipulations of the parties.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Good cause to amend prior award to conform to parties' stipulations
Applied to amend the April 23, 2021 decision
From the decision · page 1On December 24, 2025, we issued a Notice of Intent to Issue Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration (Notice), wherein the Appeals Board found that good cause existed to amend the disability rate of a prior award of permanent disability to conform to the stipulations of the parties.
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