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The Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's Petition for Reconsideration, finding the underlying order was not final. They granted removal on their own motion to correct clerical errors and affirmed the WCJ's decision. The Board held that the defendant failed to establish grounds to be relieved from the agreement to use Dr. Isono as the Agreed Medical Evaluator (AME) for the cumulative trauma claim. Furthermore, Dr. Lipton was correctly determined not to be the AME for the cumulative trauma claim, as per precedent regarding subsequent injury claims.
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The Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's Petition for Reconsideration, finding the underlying order was not final. They granted removal on their own motion to correct clerical errors and affirmed the WCJ's decision. The Board held that the defendant failed to establish grounds to be relieved from the agreement to use Dr. Isono as the Agreed Medical Evaluator (AME) for the cumulative trauma claim. Furthermore, Dr. Lipton was correctly determined not to be the AME for the cumulative trauma claim, as per precedent regarding subsequent injury claims.
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