{"id":6065,"date":"2017-01-31T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2017-01-31T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T09:00:59","slug":"can-change-idaho-workers-compensation-doctor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/can-change-idaho-workers-compensation-doctor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Change Your Idaho Workers\u2019 Compensation Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Fred J. Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n

On December 9, 2016, Referee Michael E. Powers submitted his decision in Walker v. Clear Springs Food Company and Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation<\/i>. The claimant in this case suffered an accident on May 25, 2004. The first hearing in this case was held on January 25, 2007. The Claimant was awarded TTD benefits, a 13% whole person PPI rating and a PPD rating of 50% inclusive of her 13% PPI rating. A second hearing was held in the claimant\u2019s case on September 11, 2015 in relationship to the same 2004 industrial accident. On this occasion, the claimant took the position that she had become totally and permanently disabled. Her Idaho Workers\u2019 Compensation attorney argued that her treating physician, Dr. Verst, had abandoned her by failing to respond to her attorney or the surety. The claimant requested a change of physician under Idaho Code Section 73-432 (4) (a) which provides that a claimant may petition the Commission for an order allowing a change of physician under certain circumstances.<\/p>\n

The Commission granted the claimant\u2019s request and Dr. Hammond, a neurologist, became the claimant\u2019s treating physician. Dr. Hammond testified in both proceedings and supported the claimant\u2019s position that she was totally and permanently disabled. Dr. Hammond relied upon a functional capacity evaluation or FCE completed by Dr. Bryan Wright. Dr. Hammond testified that the FCE the claimant underwent shows the maximum that she could do at the time of the FCE, not what she is capable of doing (with much less on a daily workday basis). \u3000In other words, the FCE sets the top limits of the claimant\u2019s abilities to lift, sit, and stand and under working conditions, the claimant\u2019s abilities may be much less than Dr. Wright had set forth in his FCE. Dr. Hammond testified that any potential employer would need to make accommodations for the claimant\u2019s physical restrictions, medication usage with significant side effects, and time off work as needed.<\/p>\n

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