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In this workers' compensation case, the Appeals Board granted reconsideration and reversed a prior order finding that lien claims for medical services by Dr. Akbarpour and Holt Chiropractic were reimbursable. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Examiner's report established the services were not medically reasonable or necessary for the applicant's industrial injury. Additionally, the claimed amounts were deemed excessive and unsubstantiated by the lien claimants. Therefore, the Board ordered that the lien claimants take nothing by way of their claims.
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In this workers' compensation case, the Appeals Board granted reconsideration and reversed a prior order finding that lien claims for medical services by Dr. Akbarpour and Holt Chiropractic were reimbursable. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Examiner's report established the services were not medically reasonable or necessary for the applicant's industrial injury. Additionally, the claimed amounts were deemed excessive and unsubstantiated by the lien claimants. Therefore, the Board ordered that the lien claimants take nothing by way of their claims.
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