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Salvador Sandoval — ADJ8136297, ADJ8137568

SALVADOR SANDOVAL, Applicant vs. SUPERIOR GROCERS; CIGA, by its servicing facility SEDGWICK for ULLICO CASUALTY COMPANY, in liquidation, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ8136297, ADJ8137568
Decision date
Aug 12, 2026
District office
Los Angeles
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
CIGA, by its servicing facility Sedgwick, for Ullico Casualty Company (in liquidation)
Commissioners
CRAIG L. SNELLINGS, COMMISSIONER, JOSÉ H. RAZO, COMMISSIONER

Injury / body parts: neck, right shoulder, bilateral hands, bilateral wrists, psyche, sleep, internal system

LC §5909LC §5900LC §5502LC §5701LC §5906LC §4658LC §4061LC §4605LC §4556LC §4622CCR §10744CCR §9795CCR §9795.3

Summary

Applicant, a baker for Superior Grocers, sustained a specific injury (neck and right shoulder) on March 22, 2011 and a cumulative injury (bilateral hands/wrists) ending December 11, 2011. The WCJ found industrial injury and awarded temporary and permanent disability but rejected claimed psychiatric, sleep, and internal injuries as unsupported by substantial evidence, using occupational group 322 (baker). Applicant sought reconsideration, contending his job duties matched the higher-rated 'baker's helper' occupation, that the psyche and sleep reporting was unrebutted, and that the record should be developed. The Board granted reconsideration, finding the WCJ's occupational code analysis analytically incomplete under Dalen because it focused on job title rather than actual job duties. The Board upheld the WCJ's rejection of the psyche/sleep injuries and refusal to develop the record, finding those determinations supported by substantial evidence and within the WCJ's discretion. It rescinded the F&A, deferred occupational code, permanent disability, and attorney fees, and remanded for further proceedings.

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