Matthew Clapsaddle, vs. City Of San Buenaventura; Corvel Oxnard,

(OXN 0136616) is a case involving the City of San Buenaventura, Corvel Oxnard, and Matthew Clapsaddle. The defendant sought reconsideration of a workers' compensation administrative law judge's ("WCJ") Findings and Award of June 8, 2009, which found that the applicant had sustained industrial injury to his chest in the form of non-cardiac chest pain, causing temporary disability from December 9, 2003 to February 1, 2004, permanent disability of 21%, and the need for further medical treatment. The WCJ granted reconsideration and amended the Findings and Award to defer the issue of temporary disability so that the medical record may be further developed on this issue, while affirming the WCJ's

CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA; CORVEL OXNARD, MATTHEW CLAPSADDLE, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAMATTHEW CLAPSADDLE, Applicant,vs.CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA; CORVEL OXNARD, Defendants.Case No. ADJ1988913 (OXN 0136616)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION            Defendant seeks reconsideration of a workers’ compensation administrative law judge’s (“WCJ”) Findings and Award of June 8, 2009, wherein it was found that, while employed as a firefighter/paramedic during a cumulative period from 1994 to December 9, 2003, applicant sustained industrial injury to his chest in the form of non-cardiac chest pain, but not to the psyche, causing temporary disability from December 9, 2003 to February 1, 2004, permanent disability of 21%, and the need for further medical treatment.            Defendant contends that the WCJ erred in (1) finding industrial injury, and, assuming that the injury was industrial in: (2) finding that the injury had caused temporary disability from December 9, 2003 to February 1, 2004, (3) finding 21% percent permanent disability, and (4) finding a need for further medical treatment as outlined by applicant’s qualified medical evaluator, internist Glenn A. Marshak, M.D. We have not received an answer, and the WCJ has filed a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (“Report”).            We will grant reconsideration and amend the Findings and Award of June 8, 2009 to defer the issue of temporary disability so that the medical record may be further developed on this issue. We will otherwise affirm the WCJ’s decision for the reasons stated in the Report.            “[T]emporary disability indemnity is payable during the injured worker’s healing period from the injury until the worker has recovered sufficiently to return to work, or until his/her , condition reaches a permanent and stationary status.” (Huston v. Workers’ Cornp. Appeals Bd. (1979) 95 Cal.App.3d 856, 868 [44 Cal.C

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