H & T SEAFOOD INC ZENITH INSURANCE COMPANY GLORIA BUZANI WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAGLORIA BUZANI, Applicant,vs.H & T SEAFOOD, INC.; ZENITHINSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants.Case No. ADJ4681580 (MON 325243)(Marina del Rey District Office)OPINION AND ORDERGRANTING RECONSIDERATIONAND DECISION AFTERRECONSIDERATION Applicant seeks reconsideration of the April 22, 2014 Findings And Award of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who found that applicant sustained industrial injury to her back, neck and shoulders while employed as a packer by defendant on November 12, 2004, causing a period of temporary disability from May 10, 2011 through May 10, 2013, 15% permanent disability and need for medical treatment. Applicant contends that the evidence shows that she incurred a period of temporary disability from November 13, 2004 through July 14, 2011, that she was never offered modified work, and that her injury should be rated under the 1997 Schedule for Rating Permanent Disability (1997 PDRS). An answer was received from defendant. The WCJ provided a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report) recommending that reconsideration be granted in order to correct errors in her April 22, 2014 decision, but that the decision should otherwise be affirmed. Reconsideration is granted. The April 22, 2014 Findings And Award is rescinded as the Decision After Reconsideration, and the case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings and a new decision by the WCJ in the first instance./ / / , DISCUSSION Applicant sustained an admitted industrial injury as described above. The case was previously before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board when applicant sought reconsideration of an earlier April 15, 2013 decision by the WCJ. Reconsideration was granted at that time, and in our July 9, 2013 Opinion And Order Granting Petition For Reconsideration An
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