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The WCAB granted reconsideration to StatMedical Diagnostics, Inc., a lien claimant, overturning a prior decision that denied their lien. The Board held that diagnostic services provided by the lien claimant to enable a physician's opinion on causation are recoverable medical-legal expenses. Even though the applicant was ultimately found not to have sustained an industrial injury, this does not negate the lien claimant's right to reimbursement for these services. The Board awarded the lien claimant the full amount of its lien.
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The WCAB granted reconsideration to StatMedical Diagnostics, Inc., a lien claimant, overturning a prior decision that denied their lien. The Board held that diagnostic services provided by the lien claimant to enable a physician's opinion on causation are recoverable medical-legal expenses. Even though the applicant was ultimately found not to have sustained an industrial injury, this does not negate the lien claimant's right to reimbursement for these services. The Board awarded the lien claimant the full amount of its lien.
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