Rodriguez

The workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) found that petitioner, Carlos Rodriguez (applicant), sustained an industrial injury to his right knee, back, and right foot during his employment by respondents Jerseymaid Milk Products and the Vons Companies, Inc., that applicant did not sustain an industrial psychiatric injury, and that applicant does not need further medical treatment to cure or relieve the effects of the industrial injury. We affirm the order by respondent Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) denying reconsideration of the WCJ’s findings.

Background

On December 15, 1989, applicant, 23 years old, sustained an industrial injury to his right knee, back, and right foot when his right foot, ankle, and knee were crushed by a pallet jack during his employment as an order filler and cleanup worker by Jerseymaid and Vons. Applicant’s last date of work was approximately December 30, 1989.

In a report to Vons dated April 23, 1990, Dr. Robert Ghatan, an orthopedist, concluded that applicant had a posttraumatic autonomic dysfunction of his right foot. Dr. Ghatan stated that the cause of autonomic dysfunction is unclear and that autonomic dysfunction occurs mostly in…