Sharon Mills, vs. Securitas Usa, Inc., Permissibly Self-insured,
In this case, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of the Joint Findings of Fact and Award of April 20, 2009, wherein the workers’ compensation judge found that the admitted industrial injury applicant sustained to her knees and wrists on December 7, 2000, 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. 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 indemn
