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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) determined that a diskectomy is not an amputation under Labor Code section 4656(c)(2)(C), limiting temporary disability to 104 weeks. The WCAB affirmed the finding that temporary disability should have been paid from October 6, 2006, to November 24, 2006, but reversed the decision to extend benefits beyond the statutory 104-week limit due to a delay in authorizing surgery. Therefore, the applicant is entitled to additional temporary disability indemnity only for the specified period, with the last payment due November 24, 2006.
MARIA MURILLO vs. HI POINT/NORCO RANCH, REPUBLIC INSURANCE by CRAWFORD AND COMPANY is a workers' compensation case decided in . This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) determined that a diskectomy is not an amputation under Labor Code section 4656(c)(2)(C), limiting temporary disability to 104 weeks. The WCAB affirmed the finding that temporary disability should have been paid from October 6, 2006, to November 24, 2006, but reversed the decision to extend benefits beyond the statutory 104-week limit due to a delay in authorizing surgery. Therefore, the applicant is entitled to additional temporary disability indemnity only for the specified period, with the last payment due November 24, 2006.
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