A Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel earlier this month set aside an Independent Medical Review decision as having been based on a "plainly erroneous finding of fact."
The case was Gonzalez-Ornelas v. County of Riverside, Nos. ADJ227596 and ADJ 3720208.
Marissa Gonzalez-Ornelas admittedly suffered compensable injuries to both of her knees in 2004 while working for the County of Riverside.
Last July, her doctor submitted a request for authorization to provide her with Synvisc injections in both knees. The county submitted the request to the utilization review proce...
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