Rhonda Bauwens vs. Village Retreat; State Compensation Insurance Fund
In this case, Rhonda Bauwens, an applicant, sought reconsideration of a Findings and Award issued by a workers’ compensation administrative law judge. The WCJ found that, while employed as a caregiver on July 7, 2001, applicant sustained admitted industrial injury to her spine and her psyche. The WCJ deferred the issue of permanent disability, but found that the new 2005 Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities applied to any permanent disability caused by the applicant’s industrial injury. The applicant contended that the WCJ erred in finding that the 2005 Schedule, rather than the 1997 Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities, applied to applicant’s permanent disability. The evidentiary record in this case contained a comprehensive medical-legal report in existence prior to
