REBHI AYESH vs. ARCO/BP AMERICA, Permissibly Self-Insured, Administered By ESIS

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reversed an administrative law judge's award, ruling that the applicant is not entitled to industrial workers' compensation benefits for erectile dysfunction. The Board found the erectile dysfunction was caused by non-industrial factors like diabetes and smoking, not the applicant's work-related psychiatric injury. While the psychiatric injury was recognized as a compensable consequence of a prior back injury, medical evidence did not sufficiently demonstrate it contributed to the need for erectile dysfunction treatment. Consequently, the Board rescinded the award for further medical care related to the erectile dysfunction.