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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied reconsideration, affirming the WCJ's decision that lien claimant Dr. Rahimi failed to prove applicant sustained an industrial psychiatric injury. The Board found insufficient evidence to substantiate applicant's claims of workplace harassment as the predominant cause of her alleged psychiatric injury, despite a QME report mentioning these allegations. Furthermore, Dr. Rahimi did not meet his burden of proof regarding the reasonableness and necessity of his treatment or the reasonableness of his billed charges. Therefore, Dr. Rahimi was ordered to take nothing on his lien.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied reconsideration, affirming the WCJ's decision that lien claimant Dr. Rahimi failed to prove applicant sustained an industrial psychiatric injury. The Board found insufficient evidence to substantiate applicant's claims of workplace harassment as the predominant cause of her alleged psychiatric injury, despite a QME report mentioning these allegations. Furthermore, Dr. Rahimi did not meet his burden of proof regarding the reasonableness and necessity of his treatment or the reasonableness of his billed charges. Therefore, Dr. Rahimi was ordered to take nothing on his lien.
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