06/09/21
Sacramento, CA - Maureen Ford suffered injuries while employed by Communication Action Board of Santa Cruz.
On April 22, 2014, the parties filed joint Stipulations with Request for Award, for injury to "upper extremity" and "hand" on 8/19/11 (ADJ8177678) and for cumulative injury ending 9/26/11, to "upper extremity," "hand," "neck" and "back" (ADJ8177385), while employed as a landscape worker by Community Action Board, insured by State Compensation Insurance Fund.
Applicant reported psychological symptoms to her doctors prior to entering into the 2014 Stipulations with Request for Award. Neither physician expressed an opinion on causation of the psychological symptoms or whether they caused disability.
On 9/10/15, applicant filed a Petition to Reopen in both cases, alleging a change of condition, increase in PD, need for further medical treatment and different vocational factors. On 10/2/17, an Amended Application for Adjudication was filed in ADJ8177385, adding "psyche" as an additional injured body part. The cases went to trial on the issues of injury to the psyche, good cause to reopen per applicant's 9/13/15 Petition.