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This case involves an untimely Petition for Reconsideration filed by applicant Evelyn Cotton regarding a March 14, 2013 Supplemental Findings and Award. The original award addressed industrial injuries to the neck, right shoulder, and hand, resulting in 41% permanent disability, and a subsequent reopening found new and further disability of 82% after apportionment. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the petition because it was filed well after the statutory 20-day deadline following service of the award by mail. Even the earliest date on the petition itself was past the filing deadline.
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This case involves an untimely Petition for Reconsideration filed by applicant Evelyn Cotton regarding a March 14, 2013 Supplemental Findings and Award. The original award addressed industrial injuries to the neck, right shoulder, and hand, resulting in 41% permanent disability, and a subsequent reopening found new and further disability of 82% after apportionment. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the petition because it was filed well after the statutory 20-day deadline following service of the award by mail. Even the earliest date on the petition itself was past the filing deadline.
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