Dinora Guevara, vs. Brentwood Country Club; Employers Compensation Insurance Company,

In this case, Dinora Guevara sought reconsideration of a May 14, 2009 Findings and Award and Order of a workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who found that Guevara, while working for Brentwood Country Club, did not incur industrial injury to her left upper extremity and left shoulder on April 14, 2005, but did incur industrial injury to her left wrist on April 21, 2005, causing 5% permanent disability without apportionment and a need for future medical treatment. The WCJ recommended that reconsideration be granted and that his "clerical error" in awarding 5% permanent disability instead of 4% permanent disability be corrected. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the

BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB; EMPLOYERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE COMPANY, DINORA GUEVARA, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIADINORA GUEVARA, Applicant,vs.BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB;EMPLOYERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants..Case Nos. ADJ1479332 (LBO 0371232)ADJ2273080 (LBO 0371234)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION            Applicant seeks reconsideration of the May 14, 2009 Findings and Award and Order of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who found that applicant, while working for defendant as a housekeeper, did not incur industrial injury to her left upper extremity and left shoulder on April 14, 2005 (ADJ1479332), but did incur industrial injury to her left wrist on April 21, 2005 (ADJ2273080), causing 5% permanent disability without apportionment and a need for future medical treatment.            Applicant does not contest the finding in ADJ1479332 that she did not incur industrial injury to her left upper extremity and left shoulder, but contends that the finding of 5% permanent disability in ADJ2273080 is incorrect, and that the medical reporting supports a finding of 6% permanent disability for that injury.            The WCJ provided a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report) in which he states that he erred in awarding 5% permanent disability, because the evidence only supports 4% permanent disability for the left wrist injury found in ADJ2273080. The WCJ recommends in his Report that reconsideration be granted and that his “clerical error” in awarding 5% permanent disability instead of 4% permanent disability be corrected by changing the finding , and award to 4% permanent disability.            We grant reconsideration, and as our decision after reconsideration we rescind the May 14, 2009 Findings and Award and Order and return the case to the trial level for further proceedings and a new decision by the WCJ. The change in the findings and

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