I found after 14 years going through various w/c cases, that when an IME doctor comes up with a far out syndrome, and spent 30 minutes with the patient, that is favorable to your friend.
Judges do not like so improbale unlikely diagx by IME doc's. The doctors credicility of whom is more likely the better credibility is weighed by the judge. If their doctors hav long history with symptoms consistant with RSD, and put it next to doc that spent 30 minutes and came up with something even the judge is not going to buy...lol, he will say your friends doctors are more credible then the IME doc.

The judges know these doc's get paid for their opinion, and since they are not the treating doctor can get away with saying such unreal stuff...but that makes them look nutty to judge, and your friend is really great shape.

If he came up with auto immune, or lyme disease not realted to accident or injury then that is more challangable. I mean at least soemthing believable. But this is so far off the charts even the judge will chuckle under his breath when eh reads the report.

I would not be surprized if the w/c ask for another IME in six months, and receive another diagx more believable....It always comes down to whose doctor is more credible!
Dianne