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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Antonio Chavez's petition for reconsideration as untimely, having been filed on March 13, 2019, well past the January 28, 2019 deadline. Additionally, the petition lacked the required verification and proof of service on adverse parties. These multiple procedural defects, including the untimeliness, failure to verify, and lack of service, deprived the Board of jurisdiction to consider the petition's merits. Therefore, the petition was dismissed based on these grounds.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Antonio Chavez's petition for reconsideration as untimely, having been filed on March 13, 2019, well past the January 28, 2019 deadline. Additionally, the petition lacked the required verification and proof of service on adverse parties. These multiple procedural defects, including the untimeliness, failure to verify, and lack of service, deprived the Board of jurisdiction to consider the petition's merits. Therefore, the petition was dismissed based on these grounds.
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