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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed Martel Grimm's Petition for Reconsideration as untimely. The applicant failed to file the petition within the jurisdictional 20-day period prescribed by Labor Code section 5903, plus the additional 5 days for mailing. Consequently, the WCAB lacked the authority to consider the petition's merits. Even if timely, the WCAB would have denied the petition based on the administrative law judge's report.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed Martel Grimm's Petition for Reconsideration as untimely. The applicant failed to file the petition within the jurisdictional 20-day period prescribed by Labor Code section 5903, plus the additional 5 days for mailing. Consequently, the WCAB lacked the authority to consider the petition's merits. Even if timely, the WCAB would have denied the petition based on the administrative law judge's report.
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