Manuela Carreon — ADJ11738998

Applicant Manuela Carreon claimed a cumulative trauma injury to her wrists, back and neck during concurrent employment as a deli clerk with Vallarta Supermarkets and as a machinist with Three D Plastics from May 1, 2016 to January 13, 2019. The WCJ relied on the reporting of AME Dr. Falkinstein to find injury AOE/COE attributable solely to Three D Plastics. Three D Plastics sought reconsideration, arguing that an alternate causation scenario (Scenario Two) described by Dr. Falkinstein, supported by QME Dr. Guellich's reporting, would extinguish its liability. The Board found that Scenario Two depended on a misdated treating physician report (September 22, 2017 instead of 2018) and was abandoned by Dr. Falkinstein at deposition once the error was corrected. The Board held the AME's reporting constituted substantial medical evidence while the QME's did not, and affirmed the May 11, 2021 Amended Findings and Award.