Linda Pruitt — ADJ8450336, ADJ8720647

Applicant Linda Pruitt, a CDCR registered nurse, sought reconsideration of a Joint F&A that found no industrial injury to her heart/cardiovascular system (hypertensive cardiac disease/LVH) after concluding defendant rebutted the Labor Code section 3212.2 presumption. The WCAB, en banc-guided by Vigil, rescinded the F&A, holding defendant failed to rebut the presumption because it did not show a contemporaneous, nonindustrial event solely caused the LVH, which developed progressively during employment. The Board also found an industrial sleep disorder in ADJ8720647 (omitted below), rejected weight gain as a separate ratable body part, and adopted the physicians' opinions to add rather than combine the internal and certain orthopedic impairments. The Board increased ADJ8450336 to 43% PD commencing July 31, 2010, and awarded 100% PD in ADJ8720647 commencing February 25, 2014, with a section 5412 date of injury of March 9, 2018 for the heart.