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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the employer's petition for reconsideration and dismissed their petition for removal. The Board found that the WCJ's prior findings of employment and injury were final and thus properly before them. However, the challenged issues concerning the appropriateness of a chiropractic QME and the selection of a specific physician are interlocutory, not final. Since the petitioner failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, removal was denied.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the employer's petition for reconsideration and dismissed their petition for removal. The Board found that the WCJ's prior findings of employment and injury were final and thus properly before them. However, the challenged issues concerning the appropriateness of a chiropractic QME and the selection of a specific physician are interlocutory, not final. Since the petitioner failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, removal was denied.
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