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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the applicant's Petition for Reconsideration because the underlying order was an interim procedural decision, not a final determination of rights or liabilities. The WCAB also denied the Petition for Removal, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that reconsideration would not adequately remedy. The Board agreed with the Administrative Law Judge that a hearing on the issue of dismissal/rejoinder was appropriate. Therefore, both petitions were dismissed and denied.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the applicant's Petition for Reconsideration because the underlying order was an interim procedural decision, not a final determination of rights or liabilities. The WCAB also denied the Petition for Removal, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that reconsideration would not adequately remedy. The Board agreed with the Administrative Law Judge that a hearing on the issue of dismissal/rejoinder was appropriate. Therefore, both petitions were dismissed and denied.
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