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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Countrywide Financial's petition for reconsideration because it was not from a final order. The Board also denied Countrywide's petition for removal, finding no significant prejudice, and adopted its prior order for an AME examination by Dr. Levy. A dissenting commissioner argued that Dr. Allems' existing report provided sufficient medical-legal opinion and that the parties should be bound by their prior stipulation to rely on their own QMEs. The dissent advocated for rescinding the prior order and reinstating the WCJ's decision finding no industrial injury.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Countrywide Financial's petition for reconsideration because it was not from a final order. The Board also denied Countrywide's petition for removal, finding no significant prejudice, and adopted its prior order for an AME examination by Dr. Levy. A dissenting commissioner argued that Dr. Allems' existing report provided sufficient medical-legal opinion and that the parties should be bound by their prior stipulation to rely on their own QMEs. The dissent advocated for rescinding the prior order and reinstating the WCJ's decision finding no industrial injury.
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