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Time Frame Guidelines
About Time Frames
A time frame is a schedule for the presentation of evidence by all parties to the
litigation of a protest before the Office of Judges. The allotted time frame changes
according to the type of protest in litigation. Some time frames are concurrent
- the parties develop their evidence at the same time. Some time frames are consecutive
- parties develop their evidence one at a time. A time frame order may be amended
or extended by the Office of Judges at the request of one or more of the parties
for good cause shown.
Below is a list of time frames typically allotted to the various protest types.
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Protest Type
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Time Frame in Days
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Rejected by Self-Insured
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45
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Compensability/rejection
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90
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OP non-medical
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180
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Permanent Total Disability
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Application Threshold
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60
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I.E.B. Impairment Determination
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120
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PTD Onset date
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45
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PTD Entitlement
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180/360*
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PTD Termination
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180
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Rehabilitation
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180
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Reopening
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60
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Temporary Total Disability
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90
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Treatment (claimant's protest)
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45
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Treatment (employer's protest)
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90
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Dependent's Benefits (104 weeks)
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60
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Death benefits/Fatals
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120/240*
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Permanent Partial Disability
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150/300*
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*Consecutive Time Frame: protesting party has first deadline; responding party has
second deadline.
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