Johnson, David, Jr.

Lien claimant Medland Medical sought reconsideration of a WCJ's Findings and Order that denied its lien in its entirety, covering both medical treatment services and medical-legal charges for evaluations performed by Dr. Omid Haghighinia, the applicant's primary treating physician. The WCJ had found that the lien claimant failed to prove AOE/COE and thus could not establish reasonableness and necessity of treatment, and separately denied the medical-legal report as defective because it used an incorrect injury date and lacked proof of when the claim was made. The Board granted reconsideration in part, finding that a 'contested claim' existed under section 4620 and that an incorrect injury date alone did not render the medical-legal report useless. The Board amended the F&O to find Medland entitled to reimbursement for the reasonable and necessary medical-legal evaluation (with the amount deferred), but affirmed the denial of medical treatment reimbursement because the lien claimant did not challenge the AOE/COE finding in its petition and thereby waived the issue under Labor Code section 5904. The matter was returned to the WCJ for further proceedings on the amount owed.