Dolores Eduardo Gomez Sanchez — ADJ11167250

Applicant Dolores Eduardo Gomez Sanchez claimed two separate injuries while working as a laborer for Conco Companies: one on January 15, 2014 (resolved by Compromise and Release), and one on March 18, 2014. In a December 1, 2020 Findings of Fact, the WCJ determined that applicant sustained a separate and distinct industrial injury on March 18, 2014 to the cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, left elbow, rib cage, and abdomen; no party sought reconsideration so this became final. QME Dr. Wayne Anderson subsequently issued reports characterizing the March 18, 2014 event as 'at most an exacerbation' with no permanent disability, which formed the basis of the August 24, 2022 F&O finding no permanent disability and no future medical. The Board granted reconsideration, holding that Dr. Anderson's later reports failed to account for the legally operative and final finding of a distinct injury, and impermissibly relied on speculation about the settlement amount and the applicant's symptom 'baseline.' The Board rescinded the F&O and remanded for development of the record.