Garay Sanchez, Jorge Armando

Applicant Jorge Armando Garay Sanchez sought reconsideration of a WCJ's March 24, 2025 Finding of Fact and Order that found he failed to meet his burden to prove industrial injury on two claimed dates (July 15, 2021 left knee/ankle/foot, and February 3, 2020 head/neck) against uninsured defendant Blake McClure. The WCAB found the WCJ failed to make specific employment findings despite defendant admitting applicant worked for him on July 15, 2021, and failed to consider the medical record in the February 2020 claim. The Board held the WCJ relied on his own improper medical determinations about knee internal derangement and lacked substantial medical evidence to find injuries non-industrial. The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the F&O, and substituted a new F&O finding employment and that defendant was uninsured, while deferring all other issues and remanding for further proceedings.