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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior decision finding injury AOE/COE on December 9, 2016. The Board identified a critical deficiency in the record: the identity of the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier was not properly established, with the listed defendant Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. appearing to be an administrator, not an insurer. Consequently, the case was returned to the WCJ for further proceedings to correctly identify and join the appropriate parties, including the insurance carrier, before addressing the merits of the claim.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior decision finding injury AOE/COE on December 9, 2016. The Board identified a critical deficiency in the record: the identity of the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier was not properly established, with the listed defendant Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. appearing to be an administrator, not an insurer. Consequently, the case was returned to the WCJ for further proceedings to correctly identify and join the appropriate parties, including the insurance carrier, before addressing the merits of the claim.
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