The role the physician served, and the weight the opinion carried. Physicians are named here as the decision names them; we do not score them.
QMERelied upon
Found injury arising out of and in the course of employment to bilateral shoulders, bilateral knees, cervical spine, lumbar spine, and thoracic spine, with permanent disability of 59% after apportionment. Found no cumulative trauma injury.
Opinion found more persuasive and logical than Dr. Carlblom's by WCJ and Appeals Board.
From the decision · page 5INTRODUCTION
By a timely and verified Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) filed on August 22, 20251,
defendant seeks reconsideration of my July 31, 2025 Joint Findings, Award and Order, wherein I
found, among other things, that applicant, while employed1 on September 30, 2016
(ADJ19126786) as an office assistant/secretary (Occupational Group 211) at San Jose, California,
by Mobile Home Communities of America, Incorporated, sustained injury arising out of and in the
course of employment to the bilateral shoulders, bilateral knees, cervical spine, lumbar spine, and
thoracic spine, but did not sustain injury to the bilateral ankles, causing permanent disability of
59% after apportionment. I also found that applicant did not sustain a cumulative trauma to the
same body partes during the cumulative trauma period ending on September 30, 3016 in
ADJ19126787. In reaching my decision, I relied on the report of one of the Qualified Medical
Examiners in this case, Dr. Rabeah Emanour, whose opinion I found mor persuasive and logical
than the other QME in these cases. Dr. Eric Carlblom.
QMERejected
Found cumulative trauma injury but rationale was not well-reasoned or clearly explained, and opinion was difficult to follow. Permanent disability rating assessed at 43%.
Opinion was found less persuasive and logical than Dr. Emampour's by WCJ and Appeals Board.
From the decision · page 5INTRODUCTION
By a timely and verified Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) filed on August 22, 20251,
defendant seeks reconsideration of my July 31, 2025 Joint Findings, Award and Order, wherein I
found, among other things, that applicant, while employed1 on September 30, 2016
(ADJ19126786) as an office assistant/secretary (Occupational Group 211) at San Jose, California,
by Mobile Home Communities of America, Incorporated, sustained injury arising out of and in the
course of employment to the bilateral shoulders, bilateral knees, cervical spine, lumbar spine, and
thoracic spine, but did not sustain injury to the bilateral ankles, causing permanent disability of
59% after apportionment. I also found that applicant did not sustain a cumulative trauma to the
same body partes during the cumulative trauma period ending on September 30, 3016 in
ADJ19126787. In reaching my decision, I relied on the report of one of the Qualified Medical
Examiners in this case, Dr. Rabeah Emanour, whose opinion I found mor persuasive and logical
than the other QME in these cases. Dr. Eric Carlblom.
QMERelied upon
Provided clear rationale for finding only specific injury point, no cumulative industrial injury. Applied apportionment reducing permanent disability to 59%.
Opinion found substantial evidence and relied upon by WCJ and Appeals Board.
From the decision · page 5INTRODUCTION
By a timely and verified Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) filed on August 22, 20251,
defendant seeks reconsideration of my July 31, 2025 Joint Findings, Award and Order, wherein I
found, among other things, that applicant, while employed1 on September 30, 2016
(ADJ19126786) as an office assistant/secretary (Occupational Group 211) at San Jose, California,
by Mobile Home Communities of America, Incorporated, sustained injury arising out of and in the
course of employment to the bilateral shoulders, bilateral knees, cervical spine, lumbar spine, and
thoracic spine, but did not sustain injury to the bilateral ankles, causing permanent disability of
59% after apportionment. I also found that applicant did not sustain a cumulative trauma to the
same body partes during the cumulative trauma period ending on September 30, 3016 in
ADJ19126787. In reaching my decision, I relied on the report of one of the Qualified Medical
Examiners in this case, Dr. Rabeah Emanour, whose opinion I found mor persuasive and logical
than the other QME in these cases. Dr. Eric Carlblom.