Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Lab. Code, 5902
The petition for reconsideration shall set forth specifically and in full detail the grounds upon which the petitioner considers the final order, decision or award to be unjust or unlawful, and every issue to be considered by the appeals board. The petition shall be verified upon oath and contain a general statement of any evidence or other matters upon which the applicant relies in support thereof.
The petition for reconsideration filed was skeletal and failed to substantiate claims, thus subject to dismissal or denial.
From the decision · page 1The petition for reconsideration shall set forth specifically and in full detail the
grounds upon which the petitioner considers the final order, decision or award
made and filed by the appeals board or a workers' compensation judge to be
unjust or unlawful, and every issue to be considered by the appeals board. The
petition shall be verified upon oath in the manner required for verified pleadings
in courts of record and shall contain a general statement of any evidence or other
matters upon which the applicant relies in support thereof.
(Lab. Code, § 5902, emphasis added.)
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, former 10842, now 10945
Every petition for reconsideration shall fairly state all the material evidence relative to the point or points at issue and each contention shall be separately stated and clearly set forth.
The petition for reconsideration filed was skeletal and failed to substantiate claims, thus subject to dismissal or denial.
From the decision · page 1Moreover, the Appeals Board Rules provide in relevant part: (1) that "[e]very petition for
reconsideration... shall fairly state all the material evidence relative to the point or points at issue
[and] [e]ach contention contained in a petition for reconsideration... shall be separately stated and
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, former 10846, now 10972
A petition for reconsideration may be denied or dismissed if it is unsupported by specific references to the record and to the principles of law involved.
The petition for reconsideration filed was skeletal and failed to substantiate claims, thus subject to dismissal or denial.
From the decision · page 2clearly set forth" (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, former § 10842, now § 10945 (eff. Jan. 1, 2020) and (2)
that "a petition for reconsideration... may be denied or dismissed if it is unsupported by specific
references to the record and to the principles of law involved" (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, former § 10846, now § 10972 (eff. Jan. 1, 2020).