What the panel ordered
Rescinded WCJ F&O; substituted findings deferring 5% SIBTF threshold and statute of limitations issues; returned to trial level for further proceedingsp. 13
Petition for reconsideration granted; WCAB issues Decision After Reconsideration rescinding WCJ F&O
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.
ApportionmentRemandedleft wrist/hand · right wrist/hand
Medical record requires further development to determine whether preexisting left wrist/hand disability plus subsequent right wrist/hand disability equals 5% of total disability
From the decision · page 13Accordingly, we will rescind the F&O and substitute findings that the issue of whether applicant had preexisting permanent partial disability of her left wrist/hand and a permanent disability resulting from her subsequent injury of her right wrist/hand equaling 5% of her total disability is deferred, as is the issue of whether applicant’s claim is