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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the defendant's Petition for Reconsideration because the judge's order for further medical development was not a final order. However, the WCAB granted the defendant's Petition for Removal, rescinding the original order to obtain an Agreed Medical Evaluator's report. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings and a new decision by the WCJ, with the defendant ordered to take nothing in one case and the other deferred.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the defendant's Petition for Reconsideration because the judge's order for further medical development was not a final order. However, the WCAB granted the defendant's Petition for Removal, rescinding the original order to obtain an Agreed Medical Evaluator's report. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings and a new decision by the WCJ, with the defendant ordered to take nothing in one case and the other deferred.
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