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New York Workers’ Compensation Board Adopts New Regulations For Appeals

The New York Workers’ Compensation Board has adopted new regulations for Administrative Review, Full Board Review, and Applications for Reconsideration. The new regulations affect all appeals at the Board level.

The regulations were detailed in a Board Bulletin issued last week. The new regulations affect the format of the appeal briefs, page length of the appeal briefs, methods of filing your appeal with the Board, and reasons for Board denial of a request for review.

The Board has again modified the cover pages that must be used when filing an appeal, a rebuttal, or a request for full Board review. The new forms are available directly on the Board website; Application For Board Review (Form RB-89) and Rebuttal of Application for Board Review (Form RB-89.1). After December 1, 2016, the Board will only accept the modified forms. The Board has made it clear that appeals and rebuttals submitted on the old forms after December 1, 2016 will not be reviewed.

The new regulations limit the page length of an appeal brief. According to the Bulletin:

The Board may deny applications when the brief exceeds eight pages, unless the appellant specifies in writing why the legal argument could not have been made within the eight-page limit. In those cases, the brief can be no longer than 15 pages.

The modified cover pages (RB-89, RB-89.1), specify the criteria for margin and font size for legal briefs.

The full text of the new §300.13 can be found here.
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