Alvaro Mata — ADJ20478767

Applicant Alvaro Mata, employed by Nvidia for less than six months, claimed cumulative injury to his psyche, teeth, head, and circulatory system. The WCJ found applicant took nothing, ruling no AOE/COE for any body part, applying the six-month employment bar of Labor Code section 3208.3(d). On reconsideration, the Board found that while section 3208.3(d) properly bars the psychiatric claim, that bar applies only to psychiatric injury and does not support a global finding that no industrial injury occurred to the non-psychiatric body parts. Because the record lacked substantial medical evidence on causation of the alleged teeth, head, and circulatory injuries, the Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the F&O, substituted new findings (barring only the psychiatric claim and deferring the rest), and remanded for development of the record.