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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended the award to clarify that the applicant is not entitled to duplicative temporary disability and vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance payments for the same period. The Board found the defendant breached its duty to provide timely vocational rehabilitation notices after the applicant's January 16, 2004 permanent and stationary date. Consequently, the defendant remains liable for vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance from that date, adjusted for prior payments.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended the award to clarify that the applicant is not entitled to duplicative temporary disability and vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance payments for the same period. The Board found the defendant breached its duty to provide timely vocational rehabilitation notices after the applicant's January 16, 2004 permanent and stationary date. Consequently, the defendant remains liable for vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance from that date, adjusted for prior payments.
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