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This case concerns a defendant's petition for reconsideration of a workers' compensation award. The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the award, and held that it lacked jurisdiction to alter a prior 1997 finding on the applicant's average weekly earnings and temporary disability rate. This decision was based on the statutory five-year limitation period for altering awards having elapsed before the issue was re-litigated, absent a timely filed petition to reopen.
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This case concerns a defendant's petition for reconsideration of a workers' compensation award. The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the award, and held that it lacked jurisdiction to alter a prior 1997 finding on the applicant's average weekly earnings and temporary disability rate. This decision was based on the statutory five-year limitation period for altering awards having elapsed before the issue was re-litigated, absent a timely filed petition to reopen.
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