Justiniano v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office of Colo.

Opinion by JUDGE BERGER

¶ 1 This is a workers' compensation case. After a division-sponsored independent medical examination (DIME) found that claimant Felicia Justiniano had reached maximum medical improvement (MMI), claimant moved to reopen the claim with medical information that postdated the DIME. The administrative law judge (ALJ) denied and dismissed the petition to reopen, concluding that claimant was trying to improperly use the reopening procedure to circumvent the statutorily heightened burden of proof required to overcome the DIME. The Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel)…