Los Angeles Lakers; Federal Insurance Company Horace Grant WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAHORACE GRANT, Applicant,vs.LOS ANGELES LAKERS; FEDERALINSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants.Case Nos. ADJ7585014(Santa Ana District Office)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the December 5, 2012 Amended Findings And Award of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who found that applicant, while employed by defendant as a professional basketball player from March 12, 2003 to March 14, 2004, incurred industrial injury to his neck, lumbar spine, both shoulders, both arms, both knees, both ankles, right hip, both wrists, posttraumatic headaches, posttraumatic head syndrome, and a sleep disorder causing 90% permanent disability without apportionment, and a need for medical treatment. Defendant contends that the WCJ’s decision is not based upon substantial medical evidence and is contrary to the weight of the evidence. An answer was received from applicant. The WCJ was not available to provide a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration. Reconsideration is granted and the WCJ’s December 5, 2012 decision is rescinded as our Decision After Reconsideration. The case is returned to the trial level for development of the record, further proceedings and a new decision by a WCJ in accordance with this decision. The medical reporting relied upon by the WCJ does not include a proper analysis of applicant’s condition pursuant to the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition (AMA Guides), and is not substantial medical evidence. , BACKGROUND Applicant played professional basketball from 1987 through March 12, 2004, when he injured his hip and was unable to continue in that line of work. His last year of employment as a professional athlete was with the defendant Los Angeles
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