Paneno v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

STONE (S. J.), P. J.

Applicant, Frank J. Paneno, sustained an industrial injury to both knees during his employment as a hearing representative by Wausau Insurance Company (Wausau). The workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) found that, after apportionment to preexisting disability, applicant is 13 percent permanently disabled as a result of the industrial injury. The WCJ also found applicant does not need further medical treatment to cure or relieve him from the effects of the industrial injury. On February 27, 1991, respondent Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denied applicant’s…