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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied Odilia Lopez's Petition for Reconsideration because it was an interlocutory order, not a final decision. The Board found that the challenged finding regarding the replacement Qualified Medical Evaluator panel constituted a discovery dispute, not a determination of substantive rights. Accordingly, removal, not reconsideration, would have been the appropriate avenue, but Lopez failed to demonstrate significant prejudice or irreparable harm to warrant removal. Therefore, her petition was denied.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied Odilia Lopez's Petition for Reconsideration because it was an interlocutory order, not a final decision. The Board found that the challenged finding regarding the replacement Qualified Medical Evaluator panel constituted a discovery dispute, not a determination of substantive rights. Accordingly, removal, not reconsideration, would have been the appropriate avenue, but Lopez failed to demonstrate significant prejudice or irreparable harm to warrant removal. Therefore, her petition was denied.
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