Alexandra Metcalfe — ADJ13553712

Applicant, a certified nursing assistant, claimed cumulative trauma injury to her bilateral wrists, hands, shoulders, and upper extremities during employment from January 10, 2019 to January 10, 2020. The WCJ found industrial injury AOE/COE, deemed the QME reporting substantial medical evidence, and set the Labor Code section 5412 date of injury as March 6, 2020. ICW sought reconsideration, arguing the date of injury was October 8, 2021. The Board granted reconsideration, affirmed the AOE/COE finding and the substantiality of the QME reporting, but concluded the record did not support applicant's knowledge that her disability was work-related as of March 6, 2020. The Board rescinded the F&O and substituted a new Findings of Fact deferring the date-of-injury issue, noting the dispute arose from a pending contribution petition that likely requires mandatory arbitration under section 5275(a)(2).