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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration of a prior October 21, 2011, Finding and Order. The Board also dismissed the petition as untimely because it challenged a January 16, 1998, Findings and Award, which was filed over thirteen years past the statutory deadline. Labor Code section 5903's twenty-day reconsideration period is jurisdictional, and untimely petitions cannot be granted. The applicant's request to reopen the 1998 decision was thus procedurally barred.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration of a prior October 21, 2011, Finding and Order. The Board also dismissed the petition as untimely because it challenged a January 16, 1998, Findings and Award, which was filed over thirteen years past the statutory deadline. Labor Code section 5903's twenty-day reconsideration period is jurisdictional, and untimely petitions cannot be granted. The applicant's request to reopen the 1998 decision was thus procedurally barred.
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