TATIANA GALLEGOS vs. THE SALVATION ARMY, Permissibly Self-Insured

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the judge's decision that she did not sustain cumulative or specific industrial injuries to her upper extremities, neck, spine, or internal systems. The Board found the employer's denial of the cumulative injury claim timely, thus precluding the presumption of compensability. While the specific injury claim was initially presumed compensable due to a late denial, the applicant's own medical evidence was found to have rebutted this presumption for all claimed body parts except the psyche. The issue of psychiatric injury remains deferred for further development of the record.