CENTURY PARKING; CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION by INTERCARE INSURANCE SERVICES for HIH AMERICA, in liquidation, MELVIN BEACHAM, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAMELVIN BEACHAM, Applicant,vs.CENTURY PARKING; CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION by INTERCARE INSURANCE SERVICES for HIH AMERICA, in liquidation, Defendants,ELENA KONSTAT, Ph.D., Lien claimant.Case Nos. ADJ1497135 (VNO 0470695)OPINION AND ORDER DENYING RECONSIDERATION Lien claimant, Elena Konstat, Ph.D., seeks reconsideration of the May 26, 2009 Findings and Order of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge who found that lien claimant “failed to prove that a psychiatric injury arose out of and in the course of employment,” and is “not entitled to anything further herein.” in making these findings, the WCJ effectively precluded lien claimant from recovering $55,256.56, the stipulated remaining balance of her total lien claim of 63,078.56. Defendant paid lien claimant $7,547.14 before the lien trial on April 15, 2009.1 Applicant’s claims of industrial injury to his low back, right foot, left shoulder, right ankle, right wrist, right hand and left leg while working for Century Parking, Inc., as a parking attendant were earlier addressed on December 20, 2007, by entry of stipulated award of 90% permanent 1We recognize that the difference between $63,078.56 and $7,547.14 is $55,531.42, not $55,256.56. However, the parties stipulated to the amounts stated above at the lien trial on April 15, 2009, and the discrepancy is not relevant to our decision herein. , disability and future medical treatment. At that time applicant and defendant also stipulated that applicant did not incur industrial injury to his psyche. Thus, there was no provision in the December .20, 2007 stipulated award for medical treatment of an injury to psyche. Lien claimant contends that substantial evidence shows that applicant did incur industrial injury to his
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