What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration dismissed; Petition for Removal granted; order closing discovery rescindedp. 6
Petition for Reconsideration/Removal from WCJ Minute Order closing discovery except AME deposition
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.
Minute Order closing discovery is interlocutory procedural order, not final order determining substantive right or threshold issue
From the decision · page 4a threshold issue. Accordingly, it is not a “final” decision and the petition will be dismissed to the extent it seeks reconsideration.
QME/AME processApplicant prevailedheart/hypertension · psyche
New diagnoses of hypertension and psyche after MSC constitute change in circumstances requiring further record development