Sentence:  We fail to see how such procedure resulted in any prejudice to petitioner 's contention , which was considered by the <WSD>appeal</WSD> board and denied by it . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial