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PanelDenied

Anna Hong — ADJ292246, ADJ2647713, ADJ2419734

ANNA HONG, Applicant vs. SBC INTERNET SERVICES/PACIFIC BELL; AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE, administered by SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ292246, ADJ2647713, ADJ2419734
Decision date
Jun 30, 2026
District office
San Francisco District Office
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Sedgwick Claims Management Services (administering for American Home Assurance)
Commissioners
JOSEPH V. CAPURRO, COMMISSIONER, ANNE SCHMITZ, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

Injury / body parts: upper extremities

LC §4610LC §5909LC §5900LC §5903CCR §10600CCR §10605

Summary

Applicant Anna Hong, in pro per, sought reconsideration of the WCAB's May 7, 2026 Opinion and Order dismissing her petition for reconsideration of the WCJ's January 20, 2026 Joint Findings of Fact. The findings established industrial injury to her upper extremities, that a UR determination denying a motorized wheelchair on August 4, 2025 was timely under Labor Code section 4610, and that the WCAB lacked jurisdiction to determine medical necessity at that time. Applicant argued her petition was timely because she was traveling abroad and could not review the decision until February 17, 2026, and that UR did not apply because defendant had previously authorized motorized wheels for her manual wheelchair. The Board held the time to file was jurisdictional and could not be tolled, and separately reasoned that the motorized wheelchair/scooter request was a new and different treatment properly subject to UR. The Board denied the petition.

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