MAGIC FORD AUTO NATIONS; ZURICH, Adjusted By UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS GROUP, JOANNA LEE FRADY, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAJOANNA LEE FRADY, Applicant,vs.MAGIC FORD AUTO NATIONS; ZURICH, Adjusted By UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS GROUP, Defendant(s).Case No. ADJ916227 (VNO 0474238)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on March 24, 2009, wherein the WCJ found that applicant is entitled to medical treatment as requested by her current treating physician, Xavier J. Caro, M.D., pursuant to the June 17, 2003 award of future medical treatment. On June 17, 2003, the WCJ found, based on the parties’ stipulations, that applicant, while employed as a dispatcher on September 28, 2000, sustained industrial injury to her back, neck, and right hand, causing 50% permanent disability and a need for further medical treatment per the medical report of her prior treating physician, Steven R. Weiner, M.D. Defendant contends the WCJ erred in finding that applicant is entitled to medical treatment as recommended by Dr. Caro, arguing applicant is not entitled to a brain MRI, muscle and skin biopsies, or a neurological evaluation pursuant to the June 17, 2003 award of further medical treatment. Defendant argues that Dr. Caro’s request for a brain MRI, muscle biopsies and skin biopsies are not reasonably related to the industrial injury to applicant’s back, neck and right hand because these were not parts of the body injured./// , We have considered the petition for reconsideration, and we have reviewed the record in this matter. No answer was received. The WCJ prepared a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (“Report”), recommending that the petition be denied. For the reasons set forth herein, we will grant reconsideration, amend the decision to reflect t
