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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the petition for reconsideration because the underlying order vacating submission was interlocutory and not a final decision on substantive rights or liabilities. The Board also denied the petition for removal, finding that the defendants failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that reconsideration would not adequately address later. The WCJ's decision to seek clarification of medical reports before determining admissibility was deemed procedurally sound. Therefore, the defendants' challenges to the admissibility of evidence and request for resubmission were premature.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the petition for reconsideration because the underlying order vacating submission was interlocutory and not a final decision on substantive rights or liabilities. The Board also denied the petition for removal, finding that the defendants failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that reconsideration would not adequately address later. The WCJ's decision to seek clarification of medical reports before determining admissibility was deemed procedurally sound. Therefore, the defendants' challenges to the admissibility of evidence and request for resubmission were premature.
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