Wendy Thompson — ADJ8004567

Applicant Wendy Thompson sustained a cumulative industrial injury to her spine and shoulders while employed by the Santa Ynez Valley Journal, with a period ending June 3, 2009. On August 14, 2019, the WCJ issued Findings of Fact and Award finding permanent total disability and need for further medical treatment. SCIF petitioned for reconsideration challenging the PTD finding, exclusion of an informal PD rating, the medical care finding, the attorneys' fee award, and the failure to address an EDD lien. While reconsideration was pending, the parties reached and filed a fully executed Compromise and Release on October 14, 2022. The Board rescinded the August 14, 2019 decision and remanded to the WCJ to consider and potentially approve the C&R, expressly declining to rule on the merits of the petition.