Douglas Schaan — ADJ9898989

Applicant Douglas Schaan, a painter, sustained a January 8, 2015 cumulative trauma injury to his bilateral shoulders with claimed consequential injuries to GERD, psyche, sleep, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, and digestive system. The WCJ found 74% permanent disability but denied any increase for the psychiatric condition, concluding it was not catastrophic under Labor Code section 4660.1(c)(2)(B). Applicant sought reconsideration, contending he was 100% permanently disabled and that his injury was catastrophic, entitling him to additional psychiatric impairment. Applying the Wilson factors, the Board agreed the injury was not catastrophic, and found that the vocational evidence (which improperly considered the non-includable psychiatric impairment and impermissible non-industrial factors) failed to rebut the scheduled rating. The Board affirmed the F&A.