Angela Dominguez — ADJ953988

Applicant Angela Dominguez, a housekeeper who sustained an admitted industrial injury in a 2003 car accident, sought reconsideration of a December 11, 2020 Findings and Award finding her 70% permanently disabled. She argued she had rebutted the scheduled PD rating and was permanently totally disabled based on vocational expert Laura Wilson's opinion that she was not amenable to vocational rehabilitation. The WCAB found that Wilson's report did not constitute substantial evidence because it relied on subjective limitations (sitting, standing, walking) not supported by any physician's findings, on pain complaints the psychiatric AME had deemed exaggerated, and failed to segregate non-industrial factors such as applicant's limited education and English proficiency. The Board affirmed the WCJ and denied reconsideration.