LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Permissibly Self-Insured Administered by SEDGWICK CMS MICHAEL REID WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAMICHAEL REID, Applicant,vs.LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOLDISTRICT; Permissibly Self-Insured,Administered by SEDGWICK CMS, Defendants.Case No. ADJ4702691 (VNO 0458547)ADJ8091654OPINION AND DECISIONAFTER RECONSIDERATION On May 15, 2014 the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Appeals Board) granted reconsideration of the February 21, 2014 Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration to further study the factual and legal issues.1 This is our Decision After Reconsideration. In the February 21, 2014 Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration, we rescinded the Findings and Award in ADJ4702691, the Findings and Order in ADJ8091654, and the Findings and Award in ADJ1958137 and issued a finding in ADJ4702691 that applicant sustained an industrial injury on August 1, 2001 that caused a need for further medical treatment. Defendant contends that the Appeals Board erred in finding that the applicant sustained an industrial injury and that industrial injury caused a need for medical treatment including a partial amputation of his right leg, arguing that the decision is not based on substantial medical evidence. Defendant contends that if the record requires further development, the parties should return to the agreed medical evaluator (AME), Dr. Green. Defendant further contends that the Appeals Board erred in failing to rely on credibility determinations made by the WCJ. Defendant also contends that the applicant is barred from recovery by the defenses of first aid and statute of limitations. Finally, 1 Commissioner Alfonso J. Moresi signed the February 21, 2014 Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration, but he is no longer a member of the Appeals Board, and a new panel member was assigned in his place. , defendant requests that the case be returned to the same WCJ who initially tried the case.
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