ACELIA SANTILLAN vs. ULTIMATE STAFFING, CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION For SUPERIOR NATIONAL INSURANCE GROUP, In Liquidation

This case involves an applicant claiming industrial injury to her back, cervical spine, and psychiatric condition. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of a prior award that excluded psychiatric disability. The WCAB found that the Administrative Law Judge erred by looking behind prior stipulations and that the applicant was entitled to have her psychiatric injury assessed. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings to include psychiatric disability in the permanent disability rating.