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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and Rules of the Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted thereunder. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that Petitioner / Claimant is not entitled to left L4-L5 and L5-S1 lumbar facet steroid injection under fluoroscopy for […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and the Rules of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that Claimant is not entitled to right shoulder arthroscopic exploration and debridement of bicipital groove, open […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and the Rules of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that Claimant is entitled to an ExoSym IDEO brace purchase for the left ankle for the […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and Rules of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that Claimant is not entitled to inpatient anterior cervical discectomy and decompression at C3-C4 and cervical disc […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and the Rules of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that Claimant is not entitled to a lumbar epidural steroid injection (ESI), fluoroscopy for the compensable […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and Rules of the Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted thereunder. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that the preponderance of the evidence is not contrary to the decision of the Independent Review Organization that Claimant […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and the Rules of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that Claimant is not entitled to revision of left total knee arthroplasty for the compensable injury […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and Rules of the Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted thereunder. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that Petitioner / Claimant timely appealed the IRO decision and that Petitioner / Claimant is entitled to left arthroscopic […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and Rules of the Division of Workers’ Compensation. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determines that the preponderance of the evidence-based medical evidence is not contrary to the decision of the Independent Review Organization (IRO) that […]
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DECISION AND ORDER This case is decided pursuant to Chapter 410 of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and the Rules of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. For the reasons discussed herein, the Hearing Officer determined that Claimant/Petitioner timely appealed the IRO decision. The Hearing Officer also determined that Claimant/Petitioner is not […]