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Applicant Francisco Aguirre filed a petition to reopen after a $49,500 Compromise and Release (OACR) was approved for an industrial injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) treated the petition as one for reconsideration but dismissed it as premature. The WCAB returned the matter to the trial level for the judge to consider the petition as a motion to set aside the OACR, applying a 60-day extension to statutory deadlines due to Executive Order N-68-20.
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Applicant Francisco Aguirre filed a petition to reopen after a $49,500 Compromise and Release (OACR) was approved for an industrial injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) treated the petition as one for reconsideration but dismissed it as premature. The WCAB returned the matter to the trial level for the judge to consider the petition as a motion to set aside the OACR, applying a 60-day extension to statutory deadlines due to Executive Order N-68-20.
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