Ramos, Jose De Jesus

Applicant Jose De Jesus Ramos sought reconsideration of a WCJ's October 6, 2025 Findings of Fact and Order which found industrial injury in the form of a hernia and deferred the nature and extent of injury to other body parts (orthopedic and psyche) pending further development of the record. Applicant argued that defendant failed to timely deny the claim and that all listed body parts should have been found compensable rather than deferred. The WCAB found that applicant was not aggrieved because the WCJ found injury in applicant's favor and ordered the exact relief applicant requested at trial—further discovery. The Board noted the presumption of compensability was never raised at the pre-trial conference or trial. The petition was dismissed, and the Board admonished attorney Susan Garrett and hearing representative Lance Garrett regarding the filing of frivolous petitions, citing their history of prior sanctions.