In the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) and complex personal injury litigation, claims frequently stall when defense counsel attributes acute pain to "pre-existing degenerative disc disease." Breaking this deadlock requires more than a standard treating physician; it requires an active, operating surgical expert who understands the legal mechanics of structural causation.
As a board-certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon and credentialed CIME, Dr. Rastegar provides objective, litigation-ready medical-legal audits. We specialize in isolating traumatic structural injuries from baseline degeneration to establish formal "Substantial Aggravation" (R.C. 4123.54) and objective impairment ratings under the AMA Guides.
What the Forensic Audit Delivers
Four pillars engineered to break the degeneration defense and move your claim toward resolution.
Structural Causation Audits
Forensic pre- and post-injury MRI correlation to establish or refute proximate causation — isolating traumatic structural injury from baseline degeneration.
Defensible BWC C-9 Filings
Comprehensive, objective clinical documentation to secure surgical authorizations and move stalled claims forward through the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
Daubert-Standard Defensibility
Active, fellowship-trained surgical expertise that withstands cross-examination and peer review — opinions built to survive the courtroom.
Independent ASC Economics
Transparent, highly competitive facility pricing for LOP cases, preserving casualty settlement values rather than eroding them with hospital billing.
Why an Active, Operating Surgeon?
Clinical currency matters in causation. A surgeon who actively performs decompressions and fusions reads an MRI differently than a retired examiner — recognizing which structural findings are acute, traumatic, and operable versus chronic, incidental, and degenerative.
Daubert defensible by design. Dr. Rastegar's opinions are grounded in the same evidence-based surgical standards he applies in the operating room — so they withstand cross-examination, peer review, and the scrutiny of an administrative law judge.
Neutral, not advocacy. Whether you represent plaintiff or defense, the analysis is objective and even-handed — the medical facts drive the opinion, not the retaining side.
Break the Degeneration Defense
Submit your case for a forensic structural causation audit and get a litigation-ready, CIME-backed opinion.