Emilio Lopez Para — ADJ9219469, ADJ7174695

Lien claimant Superior Chiropractic Care sought reconsideration of a Joint Findings of Fact and Order that disallowed its lien and struck Dr. Drakhshani's reports (exhibits 1-4) from the evidentiary record on the basis that they did not constitute substantial medical evidence. The underlying claims involved industrial injuries to applicant Emilio Lopez Para that had been resolved by a $77,500 Compromise and Release with CIGA (for the liquidated Castlepoint National Insurance Company). The WCAB affirmed the WCJ's finding that Dr. Drakhshani's reports were not substantial medical evidence because they failed to frame conclusions in terms of reasonable medical probability, were based on inadequate medical history, and lacked supporting reasoning. However, the Board amended the F&O to find that the reports should be admitted into evidence, holding that a determination that reporting is not substantial medical evidence goes to its evidentiary weight, not its admissibility. The lien disallowance was otherwise affirmed.