John Alarcon — ADJ2235268

Applicant John Alarcon sustained an industrial cumulative injury through November 8, 1993 to his lower back, bilateral knees, and psyche while working as a forklift operator. The WCJ's March 9, 2026 F&A found 94.50% PPD without apportionment, found internal injury non-industrial (despite a trial stipulation that internal injury was industrial), and awarded temporary disability from May 25, 2010 to present. Both applicant and defendant sought reconsideration—applicant arguing his incontinence/internal injury was industrial and that vocational evidence established 100% permanent total disability, and defendant arguing TD should have ceased at P&S in 2011 and that the AMEs' apportionment opinions were substantial evidence. The Board granted both petitions, finding the WCJ's Reports agreed with certain corrections but were 'cursory' and non-compliant with Hamilton. The Board rescinded the F&A and remanded for a complete opinion addressing PTD, apportionment, and defendant's credit for TD overpayment.