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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the WCJ's order for additional Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) panels was an interlocutory procedural order, not a final determination of substantive rights or liabilities. The defendant's petition for removal was also denied, as they failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm. While good cause for additional evaluations may have existed, the record was insufficient to make a definitive ruling on the merits of the removal. Therefore, the WCAB affirmed the WCJ's order for further medical development of the record.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the WCJ's order for additional Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) panels was an interlocutory procedural order, not a final determination of substantive rights or liabilities. The defendant's petition for removal was also denied, as they failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm. While good cause for additional evaluations may have existed, the record was insufficient to make a definitive ruling on the merits of the removal. Therefore, the WCAB affirmed the WCJ's order for further medical development of the record.
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