Indalecio Cruz — ADJ7814539, ADJ8102820, ADJ9099054, ADJ11057424

Applicant Indalecio Cruz, a broccoli cutter, had four claimed injuries across multiple exposure periods, including a prior stipulated 29% PD award (ADJ7814539). The WCJ found all four were a single cumulative injury ending July 6, 2016, awarded 59% PD using the Combined Values Chart less credit for prior PD paid. Both applicant and defendant sought reconsideration—applicant challenging the single-injury finding, CVC use, and exclusion of psychiatric PD; defendant challenging the joint award and the failure to apply section 4664 apportionment by subtraction. The Board found AME Dr. Kaisler-Meza's single-injury opinion was not substantial medical evidence because it failed to apply the Coltharp/Austin analysis and failed to establish a section 5412 date of injury. The Board rescinded the F&A and remanded for development of the record on periods of injurious exposure, dates of injury, permanent disability, and apportionment.