What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration dismissed; petition for removal denied.
Defendant sought removal or reconsideration of the WCJ's order vacating submission and referring the matter to the Disability Evaluation Unit; the Board addressed both procedural and merits issues.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The Order and Referral to DEU did not resolve a threshold issue fundamental to the claim for benefits, so it was not a final order; defendant did not show irreparable harm to warrant removal.
From the decision · page 4The Order and Referral to DEU here did not include a finding on a threshold issue fundamental to the claim for benefits. Accordingly, the WCJ's decision is not a final order and subject to removal rather than reconsideration. Accordingly, we dismiss defendant's petition for reconsideration.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.