Leonard Miller — ADJ10515993, ADJ7932525

In this death benefits case, applicant (the decedent's dependents) petitioned for reconsideration and/or removal from the WCJ's order vacating findings of fact and amending the findings, which ordered further development of the record and deferred any finding of fact on the issue of dependency under Labor Code section 4703.5(a). Defendant's answer was accepted as a separate petition for removal, seeking a contrary finding of no dependency. The Board first confirmed timeliness under section 5909(a), given the amended 60-day rule. It found the WCJ's order was interlocutory and not a final order subject to reconsideration because it deferred all issues and made no threshold finding, so the removal standard applied. Applying that standard, the Board found neither party showed significant prejudice or irreparable harm, and denied both petitions.