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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed defendant's petition for reconsideration and denied its petition for removal. Defendant sought review of a WCJ's order allowing a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME), Dr. Charles Roland, to supplement his report concerning applicant Manuel Vargas's cumulative trauma injury. The Board determined the WCJ's order was an interlocutory procedural decision, not a final order, thus precluding reconsideration. Furthermore, defendant failed to demonstrate the necessary irreparable harm or inadequacy of reconsideration for a removal to be granted.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed defendant's petition for reconsideration and denied its petition for removal. Defendant sought review of a WCJ's order allowing a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME), Dr. Charles Roland, to supplement his report concerning applicant Manuel Vargas's cumulative trauma injury. The Board determined the WCJ's order was an interlocutory procedural decision, not a final order, thus precluding reconsideration. Furthermore, defendant failed to demonstrate the necessary irreparable harm or inadequacy of reconsideration for a removal to be granted.
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