Doris, Daniel

Daniel Doris, a warehouse associate, sustained a cumulative trauma injury through December 20, 2016, to multiple body parts including the cervical spine, lumbar spine, psyche, upper and lower extremities, bowel, and bladder. The WCJ issued Findings and Award finding industrial injury but deferred several issues, ordering the parties to develop the record on apportionment, work restrictions, and vocational feasibility because PQME Dr. Shorr's reporting was not substantial evidence. Defendant petitioned for reconsideration challenging the deferral of catastrophic injury (for psychiatric PD) and applicant's petition for reimbursement of vocational expert fees. The Board treated the petition under the removal standard because the petitioner only challenged interlocutory orders within a hybrid decision. The Board denied the petition, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm and that the deferred issues benefit from record development.