---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 802.406"
title: "20"
number: "802.406"
heading: "Finality of Board decisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/802.406"
---

# §802.406. Finality of Board decisions.


A decision rendered by the Board pursuant to this subpart shall become final 60 days after the issuance of such decision unless a written petition for review praying that the order be modified or set aside, pursuant to [section 21(c)](/cfr/20/21.md?p=c) of the LHWCA, is filed in the appropriate U.S. court of appeals prior to the expiration of the 60-day period herein described, or unless a timely request for reconsideration by the Board has been filed as provided in [§ 802.407](/cfr/20/802.407.md). If a timely request for reconsideration has been filed, the 60-day period for filing such petition for review will run from the issuance of the Board's decision on reconsideration.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary of Labor's Order 03-2006, 71 FR 4219, January 25, 2006.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 27292, July 20, 1987, unless otherwise noted.