Marisa Singerman — ADJ11337498

Applicant Marisa Singerman settled her thoracic and lumbar spine injury claim by Compromise and Release on March 21, 2019, expressly forgoing her right to a panel QME while acknowledging discovery was incomplete. After settlement, she obtained a September 30, 2019 report from Dr. Sisto (her former PTP and MPN physician) and sought a Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit (SJDB) voucher. The WCJ found Dr. Sisto's report inadmissible and that applicant was not entitled to a voucher. The Board held it retained jurisdiction over the SJDB voucher despite the C&R, that applicant has the right to conduct post-settlement discovery to establish entitlement to the voucher, but that Dr. Sisto's report was indeed deficient. The Board rescinded the WCJ's findings and remanded for further development of the record to cure the report's defects.