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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed an applicant's petition for reconsideration because it was not filed from a "final" order that determined substantive rights or liabilities. The WCAB also denied the petition for removal, finding no showing of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that reconsideration would not adequately address. The WCJ's decision addressed only an intermediate procedural or evidentiary issue. Therefore, the petition for reconsideration was dismissed, and the petition for removal was denied.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed an applicant's petition for reconsideration because it was not filed from a "final" order that determined substantive rights or liabilities. The WCAB also denied the petition for removal, finding no showing of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that reconsideration would not adequately address. The WCJ's decision addressed only an intermediate procedural or evidentiary issue. Therefore, the petition for reconsideration was dismissed, and the petition for removal was denied.
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