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CLAIMANT’S FAILURE TO SUBMIT MEDICAL RECORDS TO THE EMPLOYER PRIOR TO THE HEARING REQUIRED PRECLUSION OF THE RECORDS; HOWEVER THE CASE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CLOSED; CLAIMANT MAY REMEDY THE OMISSION (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board, determined the case should not have been closed because claimant failed to provide a copy of the medical records to the employer before the hearing, but rather the case should have been marked “no further action” which allows claimant to submit the medical records:

Pursuant to 12 NYCRR 300.2 (d) (4) (iv), copies of written reports of medical experts made based on a records review to be used for reference at a hearing must be filed with the Board and submitted to all other parties three days prior to the hearing. It is uncontested that the employer was not provided a copy of the report pursuant to the regulation and, therefore, the report was properly precluded … . …

As to the Board’s decision to disallow the claim and close the case after rescinding the WCLJ’s finding of prima facie medical evidence, it should be noted that if the WCLJ [Workers’ Compensation Law Judge], in the first instance, had found that claimant had not proffered prima facie medical evidence, the WCLJ would have been required to have marked the case as “no further action” … . Claimant then would have been provided an opportunity to “submit additional information on an amended or other medical report, upon which submission the case shall be scheduled for another pre-hearing conference” … . Thus, under these circumstances, where there has been no finding by the WCLJ as to the establishment or disallowance of the claim, the Board’s decision to find no admissible evidence of a causally-related death and close the case based solely upon the rescission of the WCLJ’s finding of prima facie medical evidence was improper. Rather, the matter should now be marked as no further action, thereby providing claimant with an opportunity to proffer additional information to satisfy her burden of submitting prima facie medical evidence … . Matter of Barton v Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op 06190, Third Dept 10-29-20

 

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