What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; Amended Findings and Order rescinded; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings and new decision.
Lien claimant RMS Medical sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Amended Findings and Order of April 19, 2022, which found RMS Medical was not owed additional payment. The WCAB granted reconsideration, rescinded the F&O, and returned the matter to the WCJ for further proceedings and a new decision.
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 WCJ failed to address all issues submitted for decision and the Opinion on Decision contained inconsistencies with the evidence, warranting rescission and remand.
From the decision · page 3Here, as noted above, at the October 13, 2021 trial, the parties identified fifteen issues that were submitted for decision. (MOH/SOE, October 13, 2021, pp. 2 § 3.) However, the F&O only states that "RMS Medical is due no additional payment by defendant..." (F&O, p. 1.) Also, the Opinion on Decision states:
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.