APD 230613
The Appeals Panel reversed the decision of the administrative law judge to make a mathematical correction to the certification of maximum medical improvement and impairment rating.
APD 230606
The Appeals Panel reversed the Administration Law Judge’s decision regarding maximum medical improvement and impairment rating. The Appeals Panel noted that the certifying doctor failed to identify, document, analyze clinical or laboratory findings of an impairment, and compare that analysis to the impairment criteria in the AMA Guides, pursuant to Rule 130.1(c)(3).
APD 230494
The Appeals Panel reversed the decision because the Administrative Law Judge inadvertently used an incorrect date of maximum medical improvement.
APD 230426
The Appeals Panel reversed the decision because the Administrative Law Judge had previously worked on the case as an attorney three years before the contested case hearing.
APD 230368
The Appeals Panel reversed the decision because the Administrative Law Judge failed to provide a finding of fact that covered the entire disputed period of disability.
APD 230400
The Appeals Panel reversed the decision because the Administrative Law Judge failed to make a conclusion of law regarding the personal animosity issue.
APD 230296
The Appeals Panel reversed the decision because the Administrative Law Judge failed to make a finding of fact regarding the disability issue.
APD 230369
The Appeal’s Panel reversed the decision because the administrative law judge exceeded the scope of the disability issue.
APD 230373
The Appeal’s Panel reversed the decision because the administrative law judge failed to consider the insurance carrier’s timely-submitted response to a designated doctor’s report.
APD 230302
The Appeal’s panel reversed the administrative law judge’s finding that the insurance carrier’s PLN-11 disputing disability was not timely under Rule 124.3, and therefore the insurance carrier was liable for payment of accrued benefits. The Appeal’s Panel noted that the insurance carrier’s PLN-11 was a dispute of benefit entitlement, not a dispute of compensability or liability of the injury.