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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a finding that an applicant was entitled to a chiropractic QME panel. The Board found the defendant's objection and request for an orthopedic QME panel did not comply with Rule 31.5(10) as the Medical Unit did not determine the initial specialty was "medically or otherwise inappropriate for the disputed medical issue(s)." Newly discovered evidence of disc herniation was deemed insufficient to change this outcome, as the initial determination was flawed. The WCAB affirmed the original award directing use of the chiropractic QME panel.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a finding that an applicant was entitled to a chiropractic QME panel. The Board found the defendant's objection and request for an orthopedic QME panel did not comply with Rule 31.5(10) as the Medical Unit did not determine the initial specialty was "medically or otherwise inappropriate for the disputed medical issue(s)." Newly discovered evidence of disc herniation was deemed insufficient to change this outcome, as the initial determination was flawed. The WCAB affirmed the original award directing use of the chiropractic QME panel.
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