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LORI SILVA vs. ATHENS INSURANCE SERVICES, INCORPORATED; TRAVELERS PROPERTY, CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the defendant's Petition for Removal because the Administrative Law Judge's (WCJ) decision regarding the applicant's alleged injury was a final order, making reconsideration the appropriate remedy. The WCAB denied the Petition for Reconsideration, adopting and incorporating the WCJ's report. The WCJ previously found that the applicant did not sustain injury to her psyche or in the form of hypertension. Therefore, both the removal and reconsideration petitions were dismissed and denied, respectively.