Community Medical Centers; Gallagher Bassett Gold River Carolyn Bales WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIACAROLYN BALES, Applicant,vs.COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTERS;GALLAGHER BASSETT GOLD RIVER, Defendant(s).Case No. ADJ3478427 (FRE 0246760), ADJ2717424 (FRE 0246762)ADJ616754 (FRE 0247447)OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Applicant, in pro per1, seeks reconsideration of the Amended Findings and Award issued April 13, 2010, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant sustained an industrial injury to her right wrist and psyche on March 27, 2006, while employed as an LVN. Applicant’s industrial injury resulted in 40% permanent disability and the need for further medical treatment. In an unverified, skeletal, petition, applicant contends that the WCJ’s decision “fails to mention all cases” and that the WCJ identifies applicant’s right wrist instead of right forearm as the injured part of the body. In the Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report), the WCJ set forth the bases for the decision and noted that applicant’s petition was unverified. Based upon our review of the record, we will dismiss applicant’s petition because it is unverified and skeletal. At the outset, we note that Labor Code section 5902 requires verification of a petition for reconsideration. In Lucena v. Diablo Auto Body (2000) 65 Cal.Comp.Cases 1425 (Significant Panel Decision), it was held that, where a petition for reconsideration is not verified as required by 1 Applicant was represented by counsel at the time of the Compromise and Release but seeks reconsideration in proper. , Labor Code section 5902, the petition may be dismissed if the petitioner has been given notice of the defect (either by the WCJ’s Report or by the respondent’s answer) unless, within a reasonable time, either: (1) the petitioner cures the defect by filing a verificati
