Martha Correa — ADJ10755478

Applicant Martha Correa suffered an admitted left shoulder injury during a cumulative trauma period from 10/24/2015 to 10/24/2016. The PQME, Dr. Lundeen, found her MMI on 5/8/2019, and defendant terminated TTD on 5/27/2019 seeking overpayment credit, while the treating physician (Dr. Behrman/Brourman) disagreed and felt she remained TTD pending further non-surgical treatment. The WCJ found applicant continued to be TTD because the PQME's MMI finding appeared based largely on applicant's expressed desire at the exam to settle and avoid surgery, while ongoing UR/IMR-approved treatment continued and the PQME himself later ratified that treatment as reasonable and necessary. The WCAB denied defendant's Petition for Reconsideration, adopting and incorporating the WCJ's report, and admonished defense counsel for attaching documents already in the record in violation of WCAB Rule 10945.