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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) vacated its prior order granting reconsideration and dismissed the applicant's Petition for Reconsideration. The WCAB found the petition to be skeletal, lacking specific grounds, failure to cite the record, and crucially, it was not verified as required by Labor Code section 5902. No timely cure or explanation was provided for the unverified petition. The WCAB also noted that it would have denied the petition on the merits based on the WCJ's report had procedural defects not led to dismissal.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) vacated its prior order granting reconsideration and dismissed the applicant's Petition for Reconsideration. The WCAB found the petition to be skeletal, lacking specific grounds, failure to cite the record, and crucially, it was not verified as required by Labor Code section 5902. No timely cure or explanation was provided for the unverified petition. The WCAB also noted that it would have denied the petition on the merits based on the WCJ's report had procedural defects not led to dismissal.
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