Riverside County Sheriff’s Department; State Compensation Insurance Fund Veronica Durazo WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAVERONICA DURAZO, Applicant,vs.RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF’SDEPARTMENT; STATE COMPENSATIONINSURANCE FUND, Defendants.Case No. ADJ6545187ADJ6545193(Riverside District Office)OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the November 27, 2012 Findings of Fact in case number ADJ6545187, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant, while employed on March 3, 2008, sustained industrial injury to her head. Defendant also seeks reconsideration of the November 27, 2012 Findings of Fact in case number ADJ6545193, wherein the WCJ found that applicant, while employed from June 8, 1995 through May 30, 2008, sustained cumulative industrial injury to her ears and vision, and in the form of headaches and strokes. The WCJ found that the parties’ stipulations and admissions set forth in the minutes of hearing from August 7, 2012 were accepted and incorporated as findings of fact. Defendant contends that the WCJ erred in finding that applicant sustained industrial injury, arguing that the medical reports on which the WCJ relied (1) did not constitute substantial medical evidence and (2) apportioned applicant’s disability to a date of injury that applicant had not alleged. We have considered the Petition for Reconsideration and we have reviewed the record in this matter. We have not received an answer. The WCJ prepared a Joint Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report), recommending that the Petition be denied. For the reasons expressed by the WCJ in his Report, which we adopt and incorporate, and for the reasons discussed below, we will deny defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration. , We agree with the WCJ that the medical reports on which he relied constitute substantial evide
Veronica Durazo vs. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department; State Compensation Insurance Fund
. In this case, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and the State Compensation Insurance Fund sought reconsideration of the November 27, 2012 Findings of Fact in which the Workers' Compensation Administrative Law Judge found that the applicant, Veronica Durazo, sustained industrial injury to her head, ears, vision, and in the form of headaches and strokes while employed from March 3, 2008 to May 30, 2008. The WCAB denied the petition for reconsideration, finding that the medical reports on which the WCJ relied constituted substantial evidence of industrial causation. The WCAB also admonished the defendant for attaching documents already part of the adjudication file to the petition for reconsideration, which constituted a violation of WCAB Rules.
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- Court: California, Riverside
- Case No. ADJ6545187
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