Workers’ Compensation • Rejection of Independent Medical Witness Testimony • Absence of Contrary Evidence

IA Constr. Corp. v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 16-0710 (Pa. May 25, 2016) Saylor, J. (19 pages).

A workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) was entitled as fact-finder to not afford credibility or weight to and to reject an independent rating examination, despite the lack of opposing evidence from the claimant. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.