What the panel ordered
Rescinded and returned to trial level for further proceedingsp. 12
Petitions for reconsideration from Findings and Award issued January 4, 2022 by WCJ
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/COERemandedatrial fibrillation
WCJ found atrial fibrillation non-industrial despite finding permanent disability and need for treatment; evidence supports compensable consequence of 2018 lung biopsy
From the decision · page 8Accordingly, although we are returning this case back to the trial level, we observe that the evidence supports that this body part is a compensable consequence of the injurious medical treatment.
Permanent disability ratingRemandedhypertensive heart disease · coronary artery disease · COPD · atrial fibrillation · bilateral hearing loss