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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) rescinded a prior ruling ordering viscosupplementation injections for an applicant's knee injury. The WCAB found the prior ruling, which deemed the defendant's utilization review (UR) denial defective due to a missing signature, to be based on an incorrect premise as the UR physician did sign the report. However, the WCAB noted the UR physician may not have been aware of the applicant's second surgery, potentially rendering the UR defective for other reasons. The case was returned to the trial level for further consideration, with a dissenting opinion arguing the UR was demonstrably defective for omitting key medical history and the treatment should have been affirmed.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) rescinded a prior ruling ordering viscosupplementation injections for an applicant's knee injury. The WCAB found the prior ruling, which deemed the defendant's utilization review (UR) denial defective due to a missing signature, to be based on an incorrect premise as the UR physician did sign the report. However, the WCAB noted the UR physician may not have been aware of the applicant's second surgery, potentially rendering the UR defective for other reasons. The case was returned to the trial level for further consideration, with a dissenting opinion arguing the UR was demonstrably defective for omitting key medical history and the treatment should have been affirmed.
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