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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended a prior decision. While affirming the apportionment of permanent disability and the credit for overpaid indemnity, the Board found the employer unreasonably delayed vocational rehabilitation benefits. The applicant is now entitled to retroactive vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance at the temporary disability rate for the period of that delay.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended a prior decision. While affirming the apportionment of permanent disability and the credit for overpaid indemnity, the Board found the employer unreasonably delayed vocational rehabilitation benefits. The applicant is now entitled to retroactive vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance at the temporary disability rate for the period of that delay.
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