Perez, Joanna

Joanna Perez, a case worker for the County of Riverside, claimed cumulative trauma injury (7/1/2008-8/7/2013) to multiple body parts including psyche and sleep disorder. The WCJ found AOE/COE injury in the form of sleep disorder and psyche and awarded temporary disability from January 29, 2014 through August 25, 2022. Defendant sought reconsideration, arguing the record lacked substantial medical evidence to support either the psyche or sleep disorder injury and that applicant reached MMI on January 29, 2014. The Board denied reconsideration, adopting the WCJ's Report, finding that AME Dr. Levine's reporting linked applicant's sleep disorder to her accepted fibromyalgia, that Dr. Flores's report contained a proper predominant causation analysis for the psyche claim, and that Dr. Kim's reporting (which reviewed the complete medical record) constituted substantial evidence supporting the extended period of temporary disability and the later MMI date.