What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is dismissed as untimely.
Petition for Reconsideration of the WCJ's Joint Findings and Order dated September 6, 2022. Petition filed October 24, 2022.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The petition for reconsideration was filed after the 25-day statutory period and is therefore untimely; the Board lacks jurisdiction to consider it.
From the decision · page 2In this case, the WCJ issued the Joint Findings and Order on September 6, 2022. Based on the authority cited above, applicant had until Monday, October 3, 2022 to seek reconsideration in a timely manner. Therefore, the Petition for Reconsideration filed on October 24, 2022 was untimely and must be dismissed.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ issued the Joint Findings and Order on September 6, 2022; the petition for reconsideration was filed on October 24, 2022, after the 25-day statutory period expired.