What the panel ordered
Order Granting Petition for Reconsideration issued March 14, 1997, was vacated; Petition for Reconsideration filed December 2, 1996, was dismissed; removal was granted; November 13, 1996 Order denying multiple medical-legal examinations was rescinded; Petition for Allowance of Multiple Medical-Legal Examinations was granted; matter returned to WCR for further proceedings.
Applicant sought reconsideration of an Order Denying Petition for allowance of multiple medical-legal examinations issued November 13, 1996, which was denied by the Board as the order was not final.
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 Board found that applicant is entitled to multiple medical-legal examinations at defendant's expense under Labor Code sections 4060 and 4064, as the evaluations involve different areas of expertise for multiple injuries reported in one claim form.
From the decision · page 29 by Metropolitan Insurance Companies (Metropolitan), during the period June, 1993 to June 1994, he sustained cumulative trauma to his spine, cardiovascular system and