Velazquez, Joel

Cost petitioner Citywide Scanning Service, Inc., a copy service provider, sought reconsideration of a WCJ's Joint Findings of Fact and Order finding it failed to prove entitlement to compensation for copy services and ordering it take nothing. Citywide argued the WCJ failed to explain her conclusions and that the evidence established a contested claim existed at the time of services (under Labor Code section 4620(b)(3)) and that Citywide had timely objected to defendant's EORs using the SBR-1 form under section 4622. Defendant argued Citywide's invoices predated the April 17, 2017 denial of claim and thus were not reasonable, actual, and necessary. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration on a preliminary basis, finding it unclear whether the legal issues were properly identified, whether the record was sufficient, and whether further development was needed. The Board referred the matter to a status conference and deferred a final decision on the merits.