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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the applicant's petition for reconsideration because it was filed late, exceeding the jurisdictional 20-day limit plus mailing extension. Furthermore, the petition was deemed successive, as it challenged a prior denial of reconsideration, for which the proper remedy would have been a writ of review. The Board stated that even if the petition were timely and not successive, it would have affirmed its previous decision. Ultimately, the Board dismissed the petition for these procedural defects.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the applicant's petition for reconsideration because it was filed late, exceeding the jurisdictional 20-day limit plus mailing extension. Furthermore, the petition was deemed successive, as it challenged a prior denial of reconsideration, for which the proper remedy would have been a writ of review. The Board stated that even if the petition were timely and not successive, it would have affirmed its previous decision. Ultimately, the Board dismissed the petition for these procedural defects.
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