SECURITAS USA, INC., permissibly self-insured, SHARON MILLS, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIASHARON MILLS, Applicant,vs.SECURITAS USA, INC., permissibly self- insured, Defendant.Case No. ADJ681997 (VNO 0479726)ADJ3320254 (VNO 0461944)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Joint Findings of Fact and Award of April 20, 2009, wherein the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) found, in essence, that the admitted industrial injury applicant sustained to her knees and wrists on December 7, 2000 (case number VNO 0461944), while employed by defendant as a workers’ compensation assistant, also extended to, and caused new and further disability in, her back, left elbow, and psyche. In light of the finding of new and further disability, the WCJ granted applicant’s petition to reopen her prior December 2002 award, among other things, of further medical treatment and 21% permanent disability, and found that the injury caused 39% permanent disability after apportionment and a need for further medical treatment, entitling applicant to further medical treatment and permanent disability indemnity totaling $32,130, less the $12,080 in permanent disability indemnity that defendant paid for the prior award of 21% permanent disability for the same injury. In case number VNO 0479726, the WCJ found that applicant also sustained an injury to her back, wrists, knees, left elbow, and psyche while employed by defendant during a period through August 6, 2003, and that the injury caused a need for further medical treatment and 61% permanent disability after apportionment, entitling applicant to further medical treatment and permanent disability indemnity totaling $65,536.25. Defendant contends that the admitted, December 2000 industrial injury to applicant’s wrists , and knees did not cause new and further disability or extend to her back, left elbow, and psyche, a
