Joseph Billingsley, II — ADJ20958335

Applicant Joseph Billingsley II worked as an Operations Tech III for California Steel Industries during a cumulative period ending January 15, 2020, claiming injury to multiple body parts plus stress, psyche, and sleep. The WCJ found no industrial injury and that the claim was barred by the statute of limitations, ordering applicant to take nothing. On reconsideration, the WCAB granted the petition, finding the record insufficient on both the statute of limitations (specifically whether applicant was actually temporarily disabled when he quit) and industrial causation. The Board rescinded the WCJ's decision and returned the matter to the trial level for further development of the record, including obtaining a medical opinion on temporary disability and industrial causation, and affording applicant a psychiatric QME panel. The Board also directed the WCJ to specify any credibility findings with particularity.