Opinion ID: 2306043
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Heading: Petitioner Had the Burden of Proof

Text: Petitioner had the burden of proving that she was entitled to an award for permanent partial disability. See Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Auth. v. District of Columbia Dep't of Employment Servs., 926 A.2d 140, 149 (D.C.2007) (holding that plaintiff has the burden to prove the nature and extent of his disability). On the question of the nature and extent of [her] disability, ... the claimant is not entitled to any presumptions. Id.; see also Dunston v. District of Columbia Dep't of Employment Servs., 509 A.2d 109, 111 (D.C.1986) (Petitioner is entitled to a presumption that his claim is compensable, i.e., that his injury `arises out of' his employment. He is not entitled to a presumption that his injury has left him totally and permanently disabled.).