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Next instruction from this context Confirm you are disputing a Notice of Closure, not an initial compensability denial or treatment decision. Read the notice, WCD reconsideration instructions and the different worker/insurer review periods.
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Existing instructions to review Starting point : Confirm you are disputing a Notice of Closure, not an initial compensability denial or treatment decision. Read the notice, WCD reconsideration instructions and the different worker/insurer review periods.Who the instructions concern : Workers disputing an Oregon workers' compensation Notice of Closure. This is a review of closure issues such as medically stationary status, time loss or permanent disability; it is not the initial insurer denial-hearing process. Insurer/self-insured-employer review has a narrower basis and different timing.Prepare: Use the currently linked Request for Reconsideration (2223a.docx) and its actual instructions; this guide has not independently reviewed every DOCX field. : Use the currently linked Request for Reconsideration (2223a.docx) and its actual instructions; this guide has not independently reviewed every DOCX field.Prepare: WCD says both parties must provide their closure-record documents during reconsideration. Prepare the Notice of Closure and relevant records; worker/supporting written statements may explain the condition at closure and disagreement. : WCD says both parties must provide their closure-record documents during reconsideration. Prepare the Notice of Closure and relevant records; worker/supporting written statements may explain the condition at closure and disagreement.Publisher instruction 1 : Confirm you are disputing a Notice of Closure, not an initial compensability denial or treatment decision. Read the notice, WCD reconsideration instructions and the different worker/insurer review periods.Publisher instruction 2 : Complete WCD's linked Request for Reconsideration (2223a) and submit by its published mail/fax/Salem delivery route. Fax 503-947-7794; Appellate Review Unit 503-947-7816 can help with the form.Publisher instruction 3 : Provide the relevant documents/statements during reconsideration and keep submission/receipt evidence. Read the Order on Reconsideration and its separate WCB hearing instructions if you disagree.Submission instructions : Use WCD's linked Request for Reconsideration (2223a.docx) and current instructions. Submit to WCD by the published mail/fax/Salem delivery route; fax 503-947-7794. Provide the relevant closure record and written explanation during reconsideration, and ask Appellate Review Unit at 503-947-7816 for form help.Costs and fee questions : The reviewed reconsideration page does not publish a filing fee. Confirm any private legal/medical expenses separately. Benefits may increase, decrease or remain unchanged; no award is promised.After submission : Keep the request, full submission and confirmation, and follow the assigned appellate reviewer's requests or medical-arbiter notice. Read the resulting order promptly; an order hearing is a separate process.Returned, denied or unresolved requests : Reconsideration is an informal review, not a hearing, and WCD identifies it as the last opportunity to add information to the closure record. Worker and insurer periods differ; no individual notice date, due date or exception is determined here.Language, disability and offline access : Ask the Appellate Review Unit for form help, interpretation and accessible submission. WCD publishes Spanish information at 800-452-0288; confirm any in-person assistance arrangement before traveling.WCD claim-closure reconsideration: Request for Reconsideration 2223a: practical steps
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