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ANAIT SUDZHYAN v. YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, ET A

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 17, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Gordon Aulgur, Lansing, Michigan, for the employer-appellant, YMCA of Middle Tennessee.

Attorneys 2: Anait Sudzhyan, Nashville, Tennessee, employee-appellee, pro se.

Judge(s): CONNER

In this interlocutory appeal, the employer challenges the trial court’s order compelling it to authorize a psychiatric evaluation and treatment with a specialist from whom the employee had sought unauthorized care. The employee alleged injuries as a result of two incidents while working in the course and scope of her employment as a childcare provider. The employer provided the employee a panel of physicians, and the employee selected a treating physician who, in turn, referred the employee to a psychiatrist for further evaluation and treatment. The employer declined to authorize that referral, and the employee sought treatment from a psychiatrist recommended by her primary care physician. Following an expedited hearing, the trial court ordered the employer to authorize further evaluation and treatment with the employee’s current treating psychiatrist, and the employer has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s order and remand the case.

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