EE FIRST REPORTED EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HER ELBOW ON 5/9/03 FROM SPLITTING SAMPLES. PAIN WAS REPORTED AGAIN FROM THE SAME ACTIVITY ON 5/21/03. MEDICAL CARE WAS NOT SOUGHT UNTIL 9/18/03 FOR CONT INUATION OF THE PAIN WHILE SPLITTING SAMPLES. SHE WAS EXAMINED, DIAGNOSED W/LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS & RELEASED TO WORK. PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED.