Kim Siep — ADJ17870859

Applicant Kim Siep sustained an admitted industrial injury on April 7, 2023 to multiple body parts and sought additional QME panels in psychiatry, neurology, and ophthalmology. The WCJ granted panels in psychiatry and ophthalmology but denied the neurology panel, relying on neuropsychology AME Dr. Munday's reporting. The Board dismissed applicant's petition for reconsideration because the discovery findings were interlocutory rather than final, but granted the petition for removal, finding significant prejudice/irreparable harm. On the merits, the Board found good cause under CCR 31.7(b) for a neurology panel based on pain medicine QME Dr. Chow's recommendation, diagnostic testing showing physical head injury manifestations, and treating physician reports of headaches, noting neurology and neuropsychology are different specialties. The Board rescinded the WCJ's decision and substituted findings ordering issuance of the neurology panel, also correcting a clerical error in the case number.