Havenstrite v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

I concur with that portion of the majority’s opinion which affirms the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) denying Charles E. Havenstrite’s (Claimant) petition to review medical treatment and/or billing and to review compensation benefits. I dissent, however, from that portion of the majority’s opinion which upholds the WCAB’s determination that chiropractic treatment rendered to Claimant by Joseph Intelisano, D.C., (Provider) after August 1, 2000, was neither reasonable nor necessary.

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