JOEL VARGAS vs. ROMERO'S FOOD PRODUCTS, INC., MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, MITSUI SUMITOMO MARINE MANAGEMENT

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the applicant's Petition for Reconsideration, upholding the WCJ's decision that the applicant did not sustain industrial injury. This denial was based on the applicant's lack of credibility and insufficient substantiating medical evidence, compounded by more credible employer witness testimony. The WCJ found the applicant's medical reporting was based on false, inaccurate, or incomplete histories, and the Appeals Board accorded great weight to the WCJ's credibility findings. Therefore, the petition was denied as the applicant failed to prove industrial causation by a preponderance of the evidence.