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Case No. ADJ8136512 ADJ8136526
Regular
Apr 30, 2019

SOLANGE TUCKER vs. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and REHABILITATION, PAROLE and COMMUNITY SERVICES

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration of a prior award. The original award found applicant sustained industrial injuries to her shoulder, knees, psyche, hypertension, headaches, and a sleep disorder, resulting in 73% permanent partial disability. The defendant argued against the findings regarding the sleep disorder, temporary disability, and the overall PD rating. The Board affirmed the WCJ's findings, finding substantial evidence supported the award for sleep disorder and temporary disability, and that the psychiatric impairment did not subsume the sleep disorder impairment.

Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardJoint Findings and AwardPetition for ReconsiderationIndustrial InjuryRight ShoulderRight KneeLeft KneePsycheHypertensionSleep Arousal Disorder
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Case No. ADJ8782360
Regular
Jun 01, 2018

Eldridge Taylor vs. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND

The California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied a petition for reconsideration, affirming a prior award to Eldridge Taylor. The award included permanent disability for cumulative trauma injuries, sleep disorder, and hearing loss. The employer argued the sleep disorder rating was subsumed by orthopedic pain, the hearing loss lacked substantial evidence, and the WCJ failed to properly apportion non-industrial factors. The Board adopted the WCJ's report, finding sufficient medical evidence for the sleep disorder and hearing loss. The dissenting opinion argued the sleep disorder award should be rescinded as it stemmed solely from industrial pain already rated.

Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardEldridge TaylorCalifornia Department of Corrections and RehabilitationLegally UninsuredState Compensation Insurance FundADJ8782360Cumulative TraumaCorrectional OfficerParole OfficerSleep Disorder
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Case No. ADJ6772869
Regular
Jan 17, 2012

Michelle Jones vs. CITY OF LONG BEACH

This case involves a worker seeking compensation for a sleep disorder in addition to her admitted industrial shoulder injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the prior award. The Board found that the applicant's hypersomnia was not a separate ratable sleep disorder, but rather a consequence of pain from her industrial shoulder injury. Therefore, the case was returned for a new permanent disability rating that excludes the sleep disorder.

Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardPetition for ReconsiderationFindings and AwardIndustrial InjurySleep DisorderPermanent DisabilityRight ShoulderHypersomniaAMA GuidesPain Questionnaire
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1
Case No. ADJ7683112
Regular
May 16, 2016

EUFEMIA TELLEZ vs. PEREZ CONTRACTING, EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

The Appeals Board granted the applicant's petition for reconsideration, reversing the judge's exclusion of a medical report and remanding issues of hypertension and sleep disorder for further development of the record. While the judge correctly excluded the late-filed medical report, substantial medical evidence was lacking regarding the industrial causation of the applicant's hypertension and sleep disorder. The Board affirmed the judge's findings on other accepted injuries and permanent disability but deferred issues related to hypertension and sleep disorder, returning the case for further proceedings on those specific conditions.

AOE/COEPetition for ReconsiderationFindings Award and Orderssubstantial medical evidenceinadmissible evidencedevelopment of the recordPQMEhypertensionsleep disorderdiabetes
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Case No. ADJ8064757
Regular
Nov 03, 2016

JOHN VAN FLEET vs. LAMBERT AND PHILLIPS CONSTRUCTION, AMERICAN ASSURANCE OF AMERICA, ZURICH NORTH AMERICA

This case concerns a workers' compensation claim for lumbar spine and sleep disorder injuries. The Appeals Board affirmed the original award but amended it to establish October 2006 as the date of injury, acknowledging the cumulative nature of the lumbar spine injury. Issues regarding the specific nature of the sleep disorder injury, the responsible insurer, and permanent disability were deferred for further proceedings at the trial level. The Board found that while a sleep disorder existed, further medical evidence was needed to establish its compensability and the extent of whole person impairment.

cumulative injurydate of injurylumbar spinesleep disorderpermanent disabilityapportionmentwhole person impairmentAMA Guidesorthopedicneurologist
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Case No. ADJ6894538
Regular
Apr 14, 2014

MICHELE CHAPMAN vs. MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL, ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration regarding a registered nurse's industrial injury. The WCJ found the applicant sustained injury to her low back, gastrointestinal system, and sleep disorder stemming from a March 28, 2008 incident. The Board affirmed the WCJ's determination of injury to the sleep disorder, finding substantial evidence in the Agreed Medical Examiner's report and the applicant's uncontradicted testimony. The defendant's petition improperly focused on permanent impairment of the sleep disorder, an issue the WCJ had deferred.

Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardMarin General HospitalZurich American InsuranceAthens AdministratorsFindings Award and OrderPetition for ReconsiderationRegistered NurseLow Back InjuryGastrointestinal SystemSleep Disorder
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Case No. ADJ3203306 (LAO 0871862)
Regular
Jul 13, 2011

Vanessa Bruce vs. SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE MEDICAL, TRAVELERS

The applicant sought reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) decision that found industrial injury to the lumbar spine but denied injury to the internal systems and sleep disorder. The applicant argued the WCJ erred by ignoring a stipulation for injury to the left lower extremity, hip, and buttocks, and by rejecting evidence of an industrially-caused sleep disorder. The WCAB granted reconsideration, amended the findings to include injury to the left lower extremity, left hip, and buttocks, but otherwise affirmed the original decision, finding no industrial basis for the sleep disorder.

Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardReconsiderationFindings and AwardIndustrial InjuryLumbar SpineInternal SystemsSleep DisorderLeft Lower ExtremityLeft HipButtocks
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2
Case No. ADJ605947 (MON 0274664)
Regular
Feb 02, 2009

LESLIE CELLUCCI vs. FLORENCE MACHINE PRODUCTS, STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND

This case concerns a workers' compensation claim for injuries to the applicant's hands, upper extremities, and neck, resulting in chronic pain syndrome and a sleep disorder. The defendant disputed the extent of permanent disability and the diagnoses of chronic pain syndrome and sleep disorder. The Appeals Board affirmed the finding of industrial injury and the 85% permanent disability rating, including the diagnoses of chronic pain syndrome and sleep disorder. The Board also granted reconsideration to amend the award to include a life pension for the applicant, as required by law for an 85% permanent disability finding.

Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardLeslie CellucciFlorence Machine ProductsState Compensation Insurance FundADJ605947Opinion and Order Granting ReconsiderationFindings and AwardPermanent DisabilityChronic Pain SyndromeSleep Disorder
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Case No. ADJ6668989
Regular
Feb 02, 2018

KAREN GIBBS vs. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION; Legally Uninsured; adjusted by STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration of an award finding the applicant permanently totally disabled. The defendant argued the applicant should not be allowed to include psychological and sleep disorder injuries, that the sleep disorder rating was improperly duplicated, and that the vocational expert failed to account for apportionment. The Board affirmed the WCJ's decision, finding the defendant stipulated to the inclusion of psychological and sleep disorder injuries. Furthermore, the medical and vocational evidence supported the permanent total disability finding even without those additions, and the defendant waived the apportionment issue by not challenging the WCJ's finding of no legal basis for apportionment.

Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardPetition for ReconsiderationFindings of Fact and AwardPetition to ReopenPermanent Total DisabilityCumulative Trauma InjuryRadiculopathyPsyche DisorderSleep DisorderAgreed Medical Examiners
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Case No. ADJ8055062
Regular
May 28, 2013

JAIME CASTANEDA vs. KING DAHL EVENT DESIGN, STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND

This case involves a workers' compensation applicant seeking reconsideration of a prior award that found a $15\%$ permanent disability and no industrial injury to the psyche. The applicant argues the administrative law judge (WCJ) erred by not including a neurologist's impairment rating for a sleep disorder and by not relying on the primary treating physician's orthopedic assessment. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the original award, and returned the matter for the WCJ to incorporate the neurologist's sleep disorder impairment rating, finding it uncontradicted. However, one commissioner dissented, arguing the sleep disorder was secondary to pain already included in the orthopedic rating and any psychiatric component was noncompensable.

WCABReconsiderationFindings and AwardIndustrial InjuryPermanent DisabilityOrthopedistNeurologistSleep DisorderAMA GuidesImpairment Rating
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