8 AAC 45.150 - Rehearings and modification of board orders

(a) The board will, in its discretion, grant a rehearing to consider modification of an award only upon the grounds stated in AS 23.30.130.

(b) A party may request a rehearing or modification of a board order by filing a petition for a rehearing or modification and serving the petition on all parties in accordance with 8 AAC 45.060.

(c) A petition for a rehearing or modification based upon change of conditions must set out specifically and in detail the history of the claim from the date of the injury to the date of filing of the petition and the nature of the change of conditions. The petition must be accompanied by all relevant medical reports, signed by the preparing physicians, and must include a summary of the effects which a finding of the alleged change of conditions would have upon the existing board order or award.

(d) A petition for a rehearing or modification based on an alleged mistake of fact by the board must set out specifically and in detail

(1) the facts upon which the original award was based;

(2) the facts alleged to be erroneous, the evidence in support of the allegations of mistake, and, if a party has newly discovered evidence, an affidavit from the party or the party's representative stating the reason why, with due diligence, the newly discovered evidence supporting the allegation could not have been discovered and produced at the time of the hearing; and

(3) the effect that a finding of the alleged mistake would have upon the existing board order or award.

(e) A bare allegation of change of conditions or mistake of fact without specification of details sufficient to permit the board to identify the facts challenged will not support a request for a rehearing or a modification.

(f) In reviewing a petition for a rehearing or modification the board will give due consideration to any argument and evidence presented in the petition. The board, in its discretion, will decide whether to examine previously submitted evidence.

Notes

8 AAC 45.150

In effect 7/28/59; am 5/28/83, Register 86; am 3/16/90, Register 113

Authority:AS 23.30.005(h)

AS 23.30.125

AS 23.30.130