What the panel ordered
RESCINDED and RETURNED to the trial level for further proceedingsp. 8
SIBTF petition for reconsideration of WCJ's June 29, 2021 Amended Findings and Award finding permanent total disability and SIBTF liability
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.
WCJ failed to make specific findings on the five SIBTF eligibility requirements; decision merely conclusory
From the decision · page 2We have considered the Petition for Reconsideration, the contents of the Report, and we have reviewed the record in this matter. For the reasons discussed below, we rescind the decision and return this matter to the trial level for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion.
QME reports lack substantial evidence on preexisting disability; no WPI-to-PD translation provided