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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding that the applicant's February 22, 2005 request for vocational rehabilitation was her initial request, made within one year of the February 1, 2005 permanent disability award. Therefore, the statute of limitations did not bar her claim, and she is entitled to vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance from February 22, 2005, not January 14, 2005. The Board affirmed the WCJ's decision to deny the employer's appeal and ordered the employer to withhold 20% of the applicant's VRMA for attorney's fees.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding that the applicant's February 22, 2005 request for vocational rehabilitation was her initial request, made within one year of the February 1, 2005 permanent disability award. Therefore, the statute of limitations did not bar her claim, and she is entitled to vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance from February 22, 2005, not January 14, 2005. The Board affirmed the WCJ's decision to deny the employer's appeal and ordered the employer to withhold 20% of the applicant's VRMA for attorney's fees.
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