ZENAIDA AVILES vs. PIH HEALTH HOSPITAL, ATHENS ADMINISTRATORS

Applicant sought reconsideration of a Joint Findings and Award that denied industrial psyche injury (cumulative) and barred permanent disability from psyche injury (specific injury). Applicant contended that medical evidence supported cumulative psyche injury and that the WCJ erred in denying compensability of psychiatric permanent disability due to catastrophic consequences. The Appeals Board granted the petition for reconsideration, rescinded the prior Findings and Award, and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings, citing the need for further development of the medical record regarding intertwined disability and the application of the catastrophic injury exception.