Jose Preciado — ADJ3971087

Applicant Jose Preciado, a sales associate, was found by the WCJ to have sustained an industrial injury in the form of hypertensive heart disease during a cumulative trauma period ending December 12, 2007, resulting in 56% permanent partial disability and need for further medical treatment. Travelers petitioned for reconsideration challenging the WCJ's finding that apportionment of permanent disability was not warranted. After the Board granted reconsideration, the parties participated in a commissioners' settlement conference and filed a fully executed Compromise and Release on January 27, 2022. To expedite review and approval of the C&R, the Board rescinded the January 21, 2020 Findings and Award and Orders and remanded the matter to the WCJ to consider the Compromise and Release. The Board emphasized its decision was not a ruling on the merits of the apportionment dispute.