Varelas, Martina

Applicant Martina Varelas filed five consolidated claims against Palmdale Lodging Associates and various insurers for injuries to her excretory and reproductive systems. The WCJ found three industrial injuries (one specific on July 26, 2015 and two cumulative trauma periods) and rejected two other claims, assigning coverage to Security National and Zurich, while dismissing Great American and Employers Assurance from certain periods and setting a section 5412 date of injury of May 1, 2024. Security National sought reconsideration, arguing insufficient evidence of a specific slip-and-fall injury and of the cumulative traumas, and alternatively sought removal to join Zurich. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration on a preliminary basis, finding the WCJ did not sufficiently explain the basis for the injury AOE/COE and liability findings and that the record may not be properly developed. The Board deferred a final decision pending further review of the merits and the entire record.