Veronica Baeza — ADJ10598932

Veronica Baeza, a Los Angeles County sheriff deputy, sustained an admitted cumulative trauma injury (October 3, 2007 through September 7, 2016) to the cervical spine, lumbar spine, GERD, and psyche. The WCJ found 58% permanent disability, denied additional psyche PD under the catastrophic-injury exception, and found applicant failed to rebut the PDRS through vocational evidence. Applicant sought reconsideration arguing the WCJ should have relied on vocational and medical evidence and LeBoeuf to find a higher PD, and that the injury was catastrophic under Labor Code 4660.1(c)(2)(B). The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to allow further study of the record, finding the record may be incomplete on permanent disability, and deferred issuance of a final decision after reconsideration. This is a procedural grant, not a final decision on the merits.