What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied; WCJ's decision that lien claimants failed to meet their burden of proof on industrial injury is affirmed.
Lien claimants petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's 9/30/2022 Findings, Award and Order denying their claims for reimbursement, arguing they met their burden of proof on industrial injury. The WCAB reviewed the record and the WCJ's report, which it adopted and incorporated.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
Lien claimants failed to meet their burden of proof on industrial causation; the only medical report addressing causation (Dr. Renee Kohanim) was found not to be substantial evidence due to inadequate discussion of causation.
From the decision · page 4In a rather scant, skeletal Petition, Petitioner concludes "that they med its burden of proof and are entitled to treatment in accordance with the Official Medical Fee Schedule" (Petition, page 4, lines 6 to 7). Unfortunately, Petitioner does not cite to the evidentiary record to support any of the contentions raised in violation of CCR § 10945(b) and does not address this Court's opinion that the only medical report provided to this Court that discusses causation for this injury, the medical report from Dr. Renee Kohanim dated 1/20/2021 (Lien Claimant's Exhibit 7), is not substantial evidence due to an inadequate discussion of causation. The undersigned WCJ maintains that opinion, and Petitioner offers no argument to rebut this.