Julie Vior — ADJ8555784, ADJ9828972

Applicant Julie Vior, a painter, was found by the WCJ to have sustained a single continuous trauma to her right shoulder during the period February 20, 1996 through February 25, 2015, resulting in a 100% permanent disability award with no apportionment, in addition to a prior CT (March 1, 1995-February 29, 1996) affecting bilateral wrists, thumbs, and elbows that resolved at 68.5% PD. Defendant petitioned for reconsideration, contending the WCJ erred in finding one long CT ending in 2015 and should have relied on section 5701 regular physician Dr. Peter Newton's opinion to apportion to the prior 1996 CT. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to allow further study of whether there were one or two cumulative trauma periods, finding the record insufficiently developed. The Board deferred its final decision pending further review of the merits and the entire record under the Coltharp/Austin framework. This is an interlocutory grant, not a final decision on the merits.