Lynn Rausch; Granite State Insurance Company, Administered By Aig, Jose Amado, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAJOSE AMADO,Applicant,vs.LYNN RAUSCH; GRANITE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, administered by AIG,Defendants.Case No. ADJ4009153 (VNO 0530849)OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Lien claimant, Azadeh Rahimi, Ph.D., seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 28, 2017. By the F&O, the WCJ found that defendant is not liable for the report prepared by lien claimant and ordered that she take nothing for her lien. Lien claimant contends that applicant required psychological evaluation and treatment as a compensable consequence of his orthopedic injuries and that the WCJ erred in finding that her services were not reimbursable as a secondary physician. We did not receive an answer from defendant. The WCI filed a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report) recommending that we deny reconsideration. We have considered the allegations of lien claimant’s Petition for Reconsideration and the contents of the WCJ’s Report with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record, and for the reasons stated in the WCJ’s Report, and as discussed below, we will deny reconsideration.FACTUAL BACKGROUND Applicant claimed injury to his low back, sleep, headaches, upper back, mid back, sexual dysfunction, psyche, internal, right foot, bilateral ankles and neck while employed on September 12, 2005 as a painter for Lynn Rausch. Defendant accepted liability for the low back only. Ramin Rabbani, M.D., was applicant’s primary treating physician (PTP) as of at least August 2, 2013. , (Applicant’s Exhibit No. 2, Medical Report from Ramin Rabbani, M.D., August 2, 2013 [admitted at February 25, 2016 trial].) Lien claimant performed a psychological evaluation of applicant and prepa
Jose Amado, vs. Lynn Rausch; Granite State Insurance Company, Administered By Aig,
In this case, Lynn Rausch and Granite State Insurance Company, administered by AIG, were defendants in a workers' compensation claim. The lien claimant, Azadeh Rahimi, Ph.D., sought reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 28, 2017. The WCJ found that defendant was not liable for the report prepared by lien claimant and ordered that she take nothing for her lien. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the Petition for Reconsideration, finding that the report was a medical-legal report, but was not dispositive on any issue and defendant was not liable for payment of the report.
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- Case No. ADJ4009153
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