Mathew Martin — ADJ21369860

Applicant Mathew Martin, a store manager, sustained an admitted industrial hernia injury on June 20, 2022 while lifting a 35-pound box. The WCJ found temporary disability from May 24, 2023 to January 30, 2024, permanent disability of 14% using Occupational Group Number 212, and need for further medical treatment. Applicant sought reconsideration arguing that the medical evidence returning him to full duty on January 30, 2024 was not substantial and that a more beneficial occupational group should have been used. The Appeals Board denied reconsideration, holding that the only evidence in the record supported a return to work on January 30, 2024 and that applicant bore the burden of proving entitlement to further TD, and that applicant had stipulated to Occupational Group 212 without showing good cause to set the stipulation aside.