Wiley v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

TERRY, Senior Judge:

In this workers’ compensation case, petitioner Robin Wiley challenges a decision by the Department of Employment Services (“DOES”) denying her request for temporary total disability benefits for a period of time during which she was absent from work, and for reimbursement of expenses she incurred in consulting a physician who, the DOES determined, was not her authorized treating physician. The precise issue before us is whether substantial evidence supports the DOES finding that she had selected another physician as her treating physician. We hold that sub- ■ stantial…