N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law Section 23
Appeals


An award or decision of the board shall be final and conclusive upon all questions within its jurisdiction, as against the state fund or between the parties, unless reversed or modified on appeal therefrom as hereinafter provided. Any party may within thirty days after notice of the filing of an award or decision of a referee, file with the board an application in writing for a modification or rescission or review of such award or decision, as provided in this chapter. The board shall render its decision upon such application in writing and shall include in such decision a statement of the facts which formed the basis of its action on the issues raised before it on such application. Within thirty days after notice of the decision of the board upon such application has been served upon the parties, or within thirty days after notice of an administrative redetermination review decision by the chair pursuant to subdivision five of section fifty-two, section one hundred thirty-one or section one hundred forty-one-a of this chapter has been served upon any party in interest, an appeal may be taken therefrom to the appellate division of the supreme court, third department, by any party in interest, including an employer insured in the state fund; provided, however, that any party in interest may within thirty days after notice of the filing of the board panel’s decision with the secretary of the board, make application in writing for review thereof by the full board. If the decision or determination was that of a panel of the board and there was a dissent from such decision or determination other than a dissent the sole basis of which is to refer the case to an impartial specialist, or if there was a decision or determination by the panel which reduced the loss of wage earning capacity finding made by a compensation claims referee pursuant to subparagraph w of subdivision three of § 15 (Schedule in case of disability)section fifteen of this article from a percentage at or above the percentage set forth in subdivision three of § 35 (Safety net)section thirty-five of this article whereby a claimant would be eligible to apply for an extreme hardship redetermination to a percentage below the threshold, the full board shall review and affirm, modify or rescind such decision or determination in the same manner as herein above provided for an award or decision of a referee. If the decision or determination was that of a unanimous panel of the board, or there was a dissent from such decision or determination the sole basis of which is to refer the case to an impartial specialist, the board may in its sole discretion review and affirm, modify or rescind such decision or determination in the same manner as herein above provided for an award or decision of a referee. Failure to apply for review by the full board shall not bar any party in interest from taking an appeal directly to the court as above provided. The board may also, in its discretion certify to such appellate division of the supreme court, questions of law involved in its decision. Such appeals and the question so certified shall be heard in a summary manner and shall have precedence over all other civil cases in such court. The board shall be deemed a party to every such appeal from its decision upon such application, and the chair shall be deemed a party to every such appeal from an administrative redetermination review decision pursuant to subdivision five of § 52 (Effect of failure to secure compensation)section fifty-two of this chapter. The attorney general shall represent the board and the chair thereon. An appeal may also be taken to the court of appeals in the same manner and subject to the same limitations not inconsistent herewith as is now provided in the civil practice law and rules. It shall not be necessary to file exceptions to the rulings of the board. An appeal to the appellate division of the supreme court, third department, or to the court of appeals, shall not operate as a stay of the payment of compensation required by the terms of the award or of the payment of the cost of such medical, dental, surgical, optometric or other attendance, treatment, devices, apparatus or other necessary items the employer is required to provide pursuant to § 13 (Treatment and care of injured employees)section thirteen of this article which are found to be fair and reasonable. Where such award is modified or rescinded upon appeal, the appellant shall be entitled to reimbursement in a sum equal to the compensation in dispute paid to the respondent in addition to a sum equal to the cost of such medical, dental, surgical, optometric or other attendance, treatment, devices, apparatus or other necessary items the employer is required to provide pursuant to § 13 (Treatment and care of injured employees)section thirteen of this article paid by the appellant pending adjudication of the appeal. Such reimbursement shall be paid from administration expenses as provided in § 151 (Assessments for annual expenses)section one hundred fifty-one of this chapter upon audit and warrant of the comptroller upon vouchers approved by the chair. Where such award is subject to the provisions of § 27 (Depositing future payments in the aggregate trust fund)section twenty-seven of this article, the appellant shall pay directly to the claimant all compensation as it becomes due during the pendency of the appeal, and upon affirmance shall be entitled to credit for such payments. Neither the chair, the board, the commissioners of the state insurance fund nor the claimant shall be required to file a bond upon an appeal to the court of appeals. Upon final determination of such an appeal, the board or chair, as the case may be, shall enter an order in accordance therewith. Whenever a notice of appeal is served or an application made to the board by the employer or insurance carrier for a modification or rescission or review of an award or decision, and the board shall find that such notice of appeal was served or such application was made for the purpose of delay or upon frivolous grounds, the board shall impose a penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars upon the employer or insurance carrier, which penalty shall be added to the compensation and paid to the claimant. The penalties provided herein shall be collected in like manner as compensation. A party against whom an award of compensation shall be made may appeal from a part of such award. In such a case the payment of such part of the award as is not appealed from shall not prejudice any rights of such party on appeal, nor be taken as an admission against such party. Any appeal by an employer from an administrative redetermination review decision pursuant to subdivision five of § 52 (Effect of failure to secure compensation)section fifty-two of this chapter shall in no way serve to relieve the employer from the obligation to timely pay compensation and benefits otherwise payable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to inhibit the continuing jurisdiction of the board as provided in section one hundred twenty-three of this chapter.

Source: Section 23 — Appeals, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/WKC/23 (updated Apr. 21, 2017; accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

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Definitions
10
Liability for compensation
11
Alternative remedy
12
Compensation not allowed for first seven days
13
Treatment and care of injured employees
13–A
Selection of authorized physician by employee
13–AA
Medical appeals unit
13–B
Authorization of providers, medical bureaus and laboratories by the chair
13–C
Licensing of compensation medical bureaus and laboratories
13–D
Removal of providers from lists of those authorized to render medical care or to conduct independent medical examinations
13–E
Revocation of licenses of compensation medical bureaus and laboratories
13–F
Payment of medical fees
13–G
Payment of bills for medical care
13–H
Ombudsman for injured workers
13–I
Solicitation prohibited
13–J
Medical or surgical treatment by insurance carriers and employers
13–K
Care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed podiatrists
13–L
Care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed chiropractors
13–M
Care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed psychologists
13–N
Mandatory registration of entities which derive income from independent medical examinations
13–O
Pharmaceutical fee schedule
13–P
Comprehensive prescription drug formulary
14
Weekly wages basis of compensation
14–A
Double compensation and death benefits when minors illegally employed
15
Schedule in case of disability
15–A
Assessment on insolvent group self-insured trusts
16
Death benefits
16–A
Death benefits due to diesel exposure
17
Noncitizens
17–A
Limited English proficiency
18
Notice of injury or death
18–A
Notice: The New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc
18–B
Notice
18–C
Independent livery bases
19
Physical examination
19–A
Physicians not to accept fees from carriers
19–B
Treatment by physicians in employ of board
19–C
Actions against health services personnel
20
Determination of claims for compensation
21
Presumptions
21–A
Temporary payment of compensation
22
Modification of awards, decisions or orders
23
Appeals
23–A
Mistakes, defects and irregularities
24
Costs and fees
24–A
Representation before the workers’ compensation board
25
Compensation, how payable
25–A
Procedure and payment of compensation in certain claims
25–B
Awards to non-residents: Non-resident compensation fund
26
Enforcement of payment in default
26–A
Procedure and payment of compensation in claims against uninsured defaulting employers
27
Depositing future payments in the aggregate trust fund
27–A
Investments in obligations of designated public benefit corporations
27–B
Amortization of gains or losses
27–C
Appropriations to the aggregate trust fund
28
Limitation of right to compensation
29
Remedies of employees
30
Revenues or benefits from other sources not to affect compensation
31
Agreement for contribution by employee void
32
Waiver agreements
32–A
Waivers of specific coverage prohibited
33
Assignments
34
Preferences
35
Safety net

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

Last modified:
Apr. 21, 2017

§ 23’s source at nysenate​.gov

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