EMILIO GAIERA, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, ROSALIE GAIERA et al. , Respondents. We have concluded that when the appeals board denies a petition for reconsideration, its order may incorporate and include therein the report of the referee. (1968) 68 Cal. 2d 753 [68 Cal. Rptr. 825, 441 P. 2d 633], wherein the appeals board issued its order granting reconsideration. Dr. Gaiera, the son of petitioner, stated that petitioner's 'major complaint is irremediable. '[4] The referee's instructions to the Permanent Disability Rating Bureau are, in effect, findings of fact on these issues.

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