The status of this claim is that the applicant is set to be evaluated by the urology Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator, Dr. Abdo Faddoul on June 14, 2017 and by the neurology Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator, Dr. Steven McIntire on July 13, 2017. If you have not done so already, I recommend you forward the appropriate mileage to the injured worker.
Our office will forward all the medical records in our possession to the both PQME’s. I will also prepare a persuasive cover letter separately to each PQME.
Please recall, originally this was a simple back injury claim. Thanks to our chiropractic Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator, Dr. Douglas Curran, this claim has now been amended to include various other body parts, including cervical spine, thoracic spine, right upper extremity, bilateral lower extremality, headaches, stomach and erectile dysfunction as a compensable consequence. …show more content…
The latter specialty is to solely discuss the compensability of the alleged erectile dysfunction. As you know, per Labor Code section 4660.1(c)(1), we would not be responsible for any permanent impairment as a result of the erectile dysfunction as this is a post 2013 injury and I do not believe the exception applies here. Nonetheless, we may be on the hook for having to provide treatment and temporary disability benefits. I will ask Dr. Faddoul in my cover letter to specifically address the compensability of the alleged erectile dysfunction in association with the current
Our office will forward all the medical records in our possession to the both PQME’s. I will also prepare a persuasive cover letter separately to each PQME.
Please recall, originally this was a simple back injury claim. Thanks to our chiropractic Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator, Dr. Douglas Curran, this claim has now been amended to include various other body parts, including cervical spine, thoracic spine, right upper extremity, bilateral lower extremality, headaches, stomach and erectile dysfunction as a compensable consequence. …show more content…
The latter specialty is to solely discuss the compensability of the alleged erectile dysfunction. As you know, per Labor Code section 4660.1(c)(1), we would not be responsible for any permanent impairment as a result of the erectile dysfunction as this is a post 2013 injury and I do not believe the exception applies here. Nonetheless, we may be on the hook for having to provide treatment and temporary disability benefits. I will ask Dr. Faddoul in my cover letter to specifically address the compensability of the alleged erectile dysfunction in association with the current