Daniel Kennedy — ADJ10902369

Daniel Kennedy, a professional soccer goalkeeper, sustained cumulative trauma injuries over a 2005-2017 career while employed by the LA Galaxy. The WCJ found industrial injury to numerous body parts but denied injury to the right hip and found that PQME Dr. Watkins' opinion to add (rather than combine) the orthopedic impairments under Kite was not substantial evidence. On reconsideration, the Board rescinded the Amended FA&O, found compensable industrial injury to the right hip based on the unrebutted PQME opinion and applicant's credible testimony, and deferred permanent disability, apportionment, and attorney fees. The Board held that the record was deficient under the new en banc decision Vigil v. County of Kern regarding whether the CVC could be rebutted, and remanded for supplemental reporting so Dr. Watkins could conduct a complete ADL overlap analysis.