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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted removal and rescinded a WCJ's order that dismissed a medical-legal provider's petition for determination of non-IBR medical-legal dispute for lack of jurisdiction. The WCAB found the WCJ erred by not holding a hearing, as no procedural rule required the provider to file a lien first. This decision allows the provider to pursue its claim for medical-legal expenses at the trial level.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted removal and rescinded a WCJ's order that dismissed a medical-legal provider's petition for determination of non-IBR medical-legal dispute for lack of jurisdiction. The WCAB found the WCJ erred by not holding a hearing, as no procedural rule required the provider to file a lien first. This decision allows the provider to pursue its claim for medical-legal expenses at the trial level.
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