Vanessa Fernandez — ADJ11090497

Applicant, a cashier, sustained a cumulative trauma injury (8/10/2013-10/23/2015) to her cervical spine, lumbar spine, and right wrist while employed by Northgate Gonzalez Market. The WCJ found 14% permanent disability, an additional period of temporary disability from 10/30/2018 through 12/1/2020, a P&S date of 12/1/2020, and entitlement to future medical care. Defendant sought reconsideration, arguing the TD award and P&S date were not supported by substantial medical evidence and that future medical care was improper because the orthopedic PQME found no need for it. The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded and deferred the TD and P&S findings for further development of the record because the PQME (Dr. Ross) did not provide a substantial opinion fixing the P&S date or the reasonable period of TD, but affirmed the future medical care award.