Aisha Malone — ADJ15732786

The DMV, legally uninsured and administered by State Compensation Insurance Fund, sought removal or reconsideration of a WCJ's F&O addressing which documents would be admitted into evidence and which records the QME could review in connection with a reevaluation of applicant Aisha Malone. The Board dismissed the petition for reconsideration because the F&O's findings on date of injury, employment, liability, and AOE/COE were already final from a prior March 31, 2025 decision and the remaining challenge concerned interlocutory evidentiary rulings. The Board granted removal, finding the WCJ's decision deficient because it failed to identify exhibits by their designated letters, failed to explain the basis for admitting or excluding each exhibit, and failed to provide a separate analysis explaining why non-medical records should be provided to the QME. The Board rescinded the F&O and returned the matter to the WCJ for further proceedings, instructing the WCJ to create an adequate record, determine relevance and admissibility per Suon factors, and identify with particularity the specific pages to be sent to the QME.