Gabriel Leon — ADJ12387385, ADJ12387394

Applicant Gabriel Leon claimed a specific injury on January 17, 2019 (ADJ12387385) and a cumulative trauma psyche injury (ADJ12387394) while employed as a caregiver. The WCJ issued a joint F&O finding employment, that the record needed further development to support a finding of injury, and that defendant SCIF failed to meet its post-termination defense burden; in the CT case the WCJ found no injury. SCIF sought reconsideration, arguing applicant failed to meet his burden of proving AOE/COE and should take nothing. The Board treated the petition as one for reconsideration of a hybrid decision but applied the removal standard because SCIF only challenged the interlocutory finding that the record needed further development. The Board held the WCJ properly exercised the duty to develop the record where medical evidence was insufficient on the threshold AOE/COE issue, distinguished Telles because applicant had attempted to obtain a QME but defendant objected, and affirmed the F&O.