Pacheco-Gonzalez v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) order holding that the Board lacks jurisdiction to conduct a hearing when a Department of Insurance and Finance (DIF) order on reconsideration is invalid, and also lacks authority to remand the case to DIF. We reverse.

Claimant suffered a compensable injury. She was declared medically stationary, with no award for permanent partial disability, by a notice of closure from DIF. On reconsideration, DIF affirmed the notice of closure. Because there was a dispute over the impairment findings used to close the claim, a medical arbiter’s…