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The Appeals Board vacated its prior order granting reconsideration and dismissed the applicant's petition, finding it was not a final order. The Board treated the petition as a request for removal, which was denied. The Board determined that the defendant's request for a QME panel in "spine" specialty was proper, despite the applicant's treating physician being in "physical medicine and rehabilitation." The dissenting opinion argued that the defendant failed to provide sufficient medical support to deviate from the treating physician's specialty, especially given the claimed injuries to multiple body parts.
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The Appeals Board vacated its prior order granting reconsideration and dismissed the applicant's petition, finding it was not a final order. The Board treated the petition as a request for removal, which was denied. The Board determined that the defendant's request for a QME panel in "spine" specialty was proper, despite the applicant's treating physician being in "physical medicine and rehabilitation." The dissenting opinion argued that the defendant failed to provide sufficient medical support to deviate from the treating physician's specialty, especially given the claimed injuries to multiple body parts.
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