Furmanski, David

Applicant David Furmanski, a former deputy sheriff for the County of Los Angeles, claimed a cumulative injury to his left hip with a claimed injury date of January 11, 2022, though he last worked on March 30, 2009. The WCJ found applicant failed to prove a separate and new industrial injury to his left hip, found the claim barred by Labor Code section 5410, and held section 5412 inapplicable, ordering applicant take nothing. The WCAB rescinded the F&O, finding that AME Dr. Heskiaoff's unrebutted opinions supported industrial causation of the left hip from cumulative trauma, that the prior 2013 settlement did not include the hip, and that there was no evidence the hip was a compensable consequence of the prior knee injury. The Board returned the matter to the WCJ for further proceedings, including giving the parties notice that findings inconsistent with their stipulation regarding the specific vs. cumulative nature of the injury may be made.