Plan I

Aimee Bourque, arms/wrists/CTS, 2/23, MSU, aggravation to pre-existing conditions working as a custodian and carrying trash/supplies up & down stairs while an elevator was out at the Bozeman campus, Peter Kelleher reviewed an EMG/NCV study and diagnosed bilateral CTS, right worse than left, Petitioner was released to full duty until surgery on her right wrist could be performed, in 3/23 Kelleher sent a request for authorization for a CT release which MSU denied as it was still investigating, in 5/23 IME orthopedic surgeon Donald Erickson agreed that she had bilateral CTS but opined that her symptoms were due to natural progression of a chronic disease and not directly related to the 2/23 work activities, Kelleher concurred in 6/23 and Petitioner’s claim was denied, in 2/24 Petitioner arranged a personal IME by John Schumpert who concluded that her CTS was work-related based primarily on the fact that she did not have symptoms prior to her 24-year employment with MSU and also the year-long elevator outage beginning in 10/22, $12,000 for all claims, stipulated judgment; Dean Blackaby for Bourque, Geoffrey Keller for MUS [Read more…]