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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend a prior award. The Board ruled that, under Labor Code section 4656(c)(2), the applicant is only entitled to temporary disability indemnity for a single injury occurring after January 1, 2008, for 104 weeks within a five-year period from the date of injury. Therefore, temporary disability payments cannot extend beyond September 17, 2013, for this applicant. The rest of the original award, including medical treatment and penalties for unreasonable delay, was affirmed.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend a prior award. The Board ruled that, under Labor Code section 4656(c)(2), the applicant is only entitled to temporary disability indemnity for a single injury occurring after January 1, 2008, for 104 weeks within a five-year period from the date of injury. Therefore, temporary disability payments cannot extend beyond September 17, 2013, for this applicant. The rest of the original award, including medical treatment and penalties for unreasonable delay, was affirmed.
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