offered, tendered, or otherwise available to her that she was physically able to perform. Therefore, the employer failed to establish its burden of proving that the plaintiff is capable of earning ninety percent of her former wages and the hearing officer's ruling is affirmed.

Assignments of Error Nos. 2, 3 and 4
The issues raised in these assignments involve the plaintiff's choice of physician. The defendant contends that Dr. Beurlot was the plaintiff's choice of orthopaedic surgeon and Dr. Drerup was her choice of neurosurgeon. Based on this contention, the defendant argues it should not be responsible for the medical expenses of Drs. Nanda, Weiss and Whitecloud. The hearing officer reasoned that Dr. Beurlot was the defendant's choice of orthopaedic surgeon since the defendant's doctor, Dr. Kalifey, had referred Ms.Lemoine to him. Because Dr. Beurlot referred Ms. Lemoine to Dr. Drerup, the hearing officer concluded that Dr. Drerup then became defendant's choice of neurosurgeon.
Ms. Lemoine sought permission from the third party administrator of the defendant's workers' compensation benefits program to consult Dr. Mayer, and that permission was granted. At trial, the plaintiff stipulated that she only sought permission to see Dr. Mayer and that he was her choice of orthopaedic surgeon. Because Ms. Lemoine's benefits had been terminated when she was referred to Dr. Nanda, the hearing officer concluded that Dr. Nanda was not the plaintiff's choice of neurosurgeon. Pursuant to that analysis, Dr. Weiss became the plaintiff's initial choice of neurosurgeon.
Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1121 provides, in part:
B. The employee shall have the right to select one