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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the appealed finding, deferring development of the record on psychiatric injury, was not a final order. The Board then treated the petition as one for removal, granted it, and rescinded the deferral. Ultimately, the Board found that the applicant failed to prove industrial injury to her psyche, citing a lack of objective evidence and inconsistencies in her reporting, as well as a conflicted medical opinion.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the appealed finding, deferring development of the record on psychiatric injury, was not a final order. The Board then treated the petition as one for removal, granted it, and rescinded the deferral. Ultimately, the Board found that the applicant failed to prove industrial injury to her psyche, citing a lack of objective evidence and inconsistencies in her reporting, as well as a conflicted medical opinion.
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