What the panel ordered
The en banc decision of April 20, 2011, holding that non-MPN medical reports are inadmissible where unauthorized treatment is obtained outside a validly established and properly noticed MPN, is affirmed. Petition for reconsideration by applicant is denied. Petition for reconsideration/removal by Saldivar is dismissed.
Applicant sought reconsideration of an en banc decision holding that non-MPN medical reports are inadmissible where unauthorized treatment is obtained outside a validly established and properly noticed MPN. The Board granted reconsideration to further study the issues and now affirms its prior decision.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold July 14, 2011, April 20, 2011.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
Where unauthorized treatment is obtained for an industrial injury outside a validly established and properly noticed MPN, the resulting non-MPN treatment reports are inadmissible and may not be relied upon to award benefits.
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