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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the defendant was not aggrieved by the WCJ's decision. The WCJ correctly found that the applicant failed to prove new and further disability, thus denying the petition to reopen. Any mention of further medical treatment for the neck in the WCJ's opinion was considered obiter dictum and not a final order. Therefore, the defendant had no final order to appeal.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the defendant was not aggrieved by the WCJ's decision. The WCJ correctly found that the applicant failed to prove new and further disability, thus denying the petition to reopen. Any mention of further medical treatment for the neck in the WCJ's opinion was considered obiter dictum and not a final order. Therefore, the defendant had no final order to appeal.
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