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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Robert Bilka's petition for reconsideration because it was not filed from a "final" order. The petition challenged a non-final finding regarding out-of-state medical treatment utilization review, not the finding of industrial injury. Reconsideration is only appropriate for final orders that determine substantive rights or threshold issues. Therefore, the petition was dismissed as an inappropriate remedy.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Robert Bilka's petition for reconsideration because it was not filed from a "final" order. The petition challenged a non-final finding regarding out-of-state medical treatment utilization review, not the finding of industrial injury. Reconsideration is only appropriate for final orders that determine substantive rights or threshold issues. Therefore, the petition was dismissed as an inappropriate remedy.
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