Rodriguez, Elisa

Applicant Elisa Rodriguez, an Eligibility Supervisor for the County of Los Angeles, had admitted injuries to her bilateral knees, psyche, and diabetes from a specific injury and cumulative trauma, but injury to teeth/dental was denied. Following an expedited trial, the WCJ found injury AOE/COE to teeth/dental and a need for future medical care, relying on applicant's credible testimony and the reporting of PQME Dr. David Abri and treating physician Dr. Hamlet Davari. Defendant sought reconsideration, arguing the WCJ's decision was conclusory and the QME/PTP reporting was not substantial medical evidence. The Board denied reconsideration, finding the WCJ adequately identified the evidentiary basis of his decision and that the medical reporting established reasonably probable industrial causation. The Board emphasized that applicant need only prove causation by reasonable probability, not scientific certainty, and that apportionment disputes did not undermine the finding of industrial causation.