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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the prior Findings and Orders. The Board found that the applicant's physician's report was improperly excluded as evidence, as it did not rebut a prior QME's opinion but addressed a separate, unaddressed medical condition. Consequently, the Board overruled the objection to this report and the primary treating physician's subsequent report adopting its findings. The Board also found good cause for an additional Qualified Medical Evaluator panel in rheumatology to address the applicant's disputed fibromyalgia claim.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the prior Findings and Orders. The Board found that the applicant's physician's report was improperly excluded as evidence, as it did not rebut a prior QME's opinion but addressed a separate, unaddressed medical condition. Consequently, the Board overruled the objection to this report and the primary treating physician's subsequent report adopting its findings. The Board also found good cause for an additional Qualified Medical Evaluator panel in rheumatology to address the applicant's disputed fibromyalgia claim.
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