CITY OF PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT; HAZELRIGG RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., ANTHONY ANDERSON, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAANTHONY ANDERSON, Applicant,vs.CITY OF PASADENA POLICEDEPARTMENT; HAZELRIGG RISKMANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., Defendants.Case No. ADJ176741 (LAO 0875521)OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION On December 23, 2008, we granted applicant’s petition for reconsideration in order to allow sufficient opportunity for further study of the factual and legal issues in this case. This is our decision after reconsideration. Applicant is aggrieved by the October 21, 2008 Finding of Fact wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that the applicant did not sustain an injury arising out of and during the course of his employment as a police officer for the City of Pasadena. Applicant contends that the WCJ erred in finding that the applicant did not sustain an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment in the form of colon cancer, arguing that the applicant’s colon cancer is presumed compensable pursuant to Labor Code section 3212.1 and that defendant has not rebutted the Labor Code section 3212.1 presumption. We have considered the Petition for Reconsideration and we have reviewed the record in this matter. We did not receive an answer from defendant. The WCJ prepared a Report and Recommendation on Reconsideration (Report), recommending that we deny reconsideration. For the reasons discussed below, we will grant reconsideration, rescind the Findings and Award and Orders, and find that the applicant sustained a cumulative trauma injury through February 14, 2007 arising out of and in the course of his employment in the form of colon cancer. , BACKGROUND The applicant was employed by the City of Pasadena Police Department from September 3, 1983 to February 14, 2007, primarily as a motorcycle officer. For the three years prior
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