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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the applicant's petition for reconsideration because the WCJ's order denying a replacement QME panel was an interlocutory procedural ruling, not a final order. The Board also denied the applicant's petition for removal, adopting the WCJ's reasoning that no substantial prejudice or irreparable injury was demonstrated. The applicant had argued that the QME report was untimely and improperly served, but these objections were deemed insufficient to justify removal. Consequently, both the petition for reconsideration and the petition for removal were denied.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the applicant's petition for reconsideration because the WCJ's order denying a replacement QME panel was an interlocutory procedural ruling, not a final order. The Board also denied the applicant's petition for removal, adopting the WCJ's reasoning that no substantial prejudice or irreparable injury was demonstrated. The applicant had argued that the QME report was untimely and improperly served, but these objections were deemed insufficient to justify removal. Consequently, both the petition for reconsideration and the petition for removal were denied.
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