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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration. The WCAB found the petition was timely filed, but the issue the applicant sought reconsideration of—the denial of a replacement QME panel—was an interlocutory procedural decision. Such decisions are not final orders and are subject to removal, not reconsideration, unless significant prejudice or irreparable harm is shown, which was not demonstrated here. Therefore, the petition was denied.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration. The WCAB found the petition was timely filed, but the issue the applicant sought reconsideration of—the denial of a replacement QME panel—was an interlocutory procedural decision. Such decisions are not final orders and are subject to removal, not reconsideration, unless significant prejudice or irreparable harm is shown, which was not demonstrated here. Therefore, the petition was denied.
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