Alfredo Valdez, vs. Golden Bear Transportation; Clarendon National Insurance Company; Reliance Insurance Company, In Liquidation By California Insurance Guarantee association,
(VNO 0487588) is a case in which Alfredo Valdez, the applicant, sought reconsideration of the Findings and Award of November 24, 2008, in which the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) found that during the period November 1998 through October 17, 2003, applicant sustained an industrial injury to his right shoulder, causing permanent disability of one percent. The Petition for Reconsideration was denied by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, who found that there was no medical report before January 1, 2005 indicating the existence of permanent disability. The dissenting opinion argued that the April 28, 2004 report of Dr. Sobol indicated the existence of permanent disability, and that the medical opinion of the AME, Dr. Green
