Medina, Guadalupe

Applicant Guadalupe Medina, a deli clerk/food prep worker, sustained multiple cumulative trauma injuries across four claims (bilateral hands/wrists; neck, shoulders, thumb and headaches; a denied psychiatric harassment claim; and a later-filed headache/psyche claim). Both applicant and defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's July 17, 2023 Findings and Award. The WCAB granted reconsideration, rescinded the decision, and adopted the WCJ's Report except as to the occupational group number issue, where it instead applied the reasoning of Skains v. G6 Hospitality requiring a single occupational group number per injury. The matter was returned to the trial level for further proceedings and reissuance of the decision, with directions to determine one occupational group number for each injury and modify ratings accordingly. This was expressly not a final decision on the merits.