OAK GROVE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND William R. McCarty, Jr. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAWILLIAM R. MCCARTY, JR., Applicant,vs.OAK GROVE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY;STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCEFUND, Defendants.Case No. ADJ3707587 (SRO 0116541)OPINION AND DECISIONAFTERRECONSIDERATION We granted the Petition for Reconsideration by applicant William McCarty, Jr., on July 10, 2013 to further study the factual and legal issues in this case. This is our Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration. Applicant sought reconsideration of the Findings and Award (F&A) issued by a workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on April 26, 2013. In that F&A, the WCJ found in pertinent part that applicant sustained industrial injury to his neck, thoracic spine, and lumbar spine, but not to his genitourinary system, excretory system, intestinal system, upper extremities or lower extremities; and, that applicant’s injuries caused permanent disability of 71%. Applicant contended in pertinent part that applicant met his burden to show that he sustained industrial injury to his genitourinary and excretory systems and that his permanent disability exceeded 100%. We received an Answer from defendant State Compensation Insurance Fund. We received a Report and Recommendation (Report) from the WCJ in response to the Petition for Reconsideration, which recommended that the Petition be denied. We have reviewed the record and have considered the allegations in the Petition for Reconsideration and the Answer and the contents of the Report. Based on our review of the record and for the reasons discussed below, as our decision after reconsideration, we will affirm the F&A, except , that we will amend the F&A to find that applicant sustained industrial injury to his genitourinary and excretory systems (Finding of Fact 1) and that applicant is 100% permanently disabled (Finding of Fact 6). We will a
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