What the panel ordered
Applicant's Petition for Reconsideration is dismissed as untimely.
Applicant filed a petition for reconsideration of the WCJ's decision dated February 4, 2021 and served February 5, 2021. The Appeals Board reviewed the petition and the WCJ's report.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The petition for reconsideration was filed more than 25 days after service of the WCJ's decision and is therefore untimely under the applicable statutes and regulations.
From the decision · page 2The petition in this matter was filed on March 8, 2021. This was more than 25 days after the service of the WCJ's February 5, 20211 decision and beyond whatever extension of time, if any, the petitioner might have been entitled to under WCAB Rule 10600.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The petition for reconsideration was filed on March 8, 2021, more than 25 days after the WCJ's decision was served on February 5, 2021.