Opinion ID: 752912
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Heading: Ace's Renewed Request for Reconsideration

Text: 28 On February 12, 1993, Harbour submitted an additional packet of materials to Aetna enclosing another Attending Physician Statement prepared by Dr. Kiessling on January 7, 1993, which rated Ace as a Class V disability, a letter by Dr. Kiessling summarizing the objective medical evidence upon which he based his opinion and explaining why Dr. McEvoy's July release should not carry dispositive weight, 13 and a physical capacities evaluation (PCE) completed January 28, 1993. The PCE stated that Ace was capable of sitting, standing or walking for less than an hour each during the day. 29 Harbour's cover letter explained Ace's fragile physical, emotional and economic position and advised Aetna that unless it accepted Ace's application by March 1, Ace would file suit. By February 1993, Ace had been forced to sell much of her personal property and her home. She sent her eldest son to live with another family and she lived in her car from late February through early April.