What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is denied.
Petition for Reconsideration of the January 7, 2025 Findings and Order denying entitlement to Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund benefits was timely acted upon by the Appeals Board on June 10, 2025, within the 60-day period required by Labor Code section 5909(a).
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.
Applicant's September 30, 2010 subsequent injury does not meet the 35% eligibility threshold for SIBTF benefits, even excluding apportionment, based on the medical evidence and settled permanent disability ratings.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant's September 30, 2010 injury was settled by Stipulation and Award for 10% permanent disability with future medical for the lumbar spine, and was never reopened.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This established the final PD rating for the injury, which did not meet the 35% threshold for SIBTF benefits.