Consolidated Disposal Service; ACE USA Efrain Cazares WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAEFRAIN CAZARES, Applicant,vs.CONSOLIDATED DISPOSAL SERVICE; ACE USA, Defendants.Case Nos. ADJ1097789 (VNO 0485505) ADJ3324551 (VNO 0549173)OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REMOVAL Applicant seeks reconsideration of this Appeals Board’s Opinion and Order Granting Petition for Reconsideration and Decision After Reconsideration of June 20, 2011, in which we granted defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration of the Joint Findings and Award, Order to Develop the Record, and Notice of Conference issued by the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) on March 30, 2011, and we rescinded the WCJ’s decision and returned this matter to the WCJ for further proceedings and new decision. Applicant contends, in substance, that the Board should have affirmed the WCJ’s finding that applicant sustained an industrial injury to his psyche based on the medical opinion of Dr. Goalwin, which only requires “additional clarification” on the issues of permanent disability and apportionment. We will dismiss the Petition for Reconsideration because it is not taken from a final order. Our decision of June 20, 2011 is not a final order because it does not resolve a substantive issue, i.e., whether or not applicant sustained an industrial injury to his psyche. (2 Cal. Workers’ Comp. Practice (Cont. Ed. Bar, June 2011 Update) §§ 21.8-21.9.) Considering the Petition for Reconsideration as a Petition for Removal from a non-final order, we will deny the Petition for Removal because there is no showing of significant prejudice or irreparable harm. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10843, WCAB Rules of Practice and Procedure.) Although this injured worker with failed back syndrome may have sustained injury to his psyche,1 the issue requires proof by 1 It bears emphasis that we express no final opinion on th
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