Armodia v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

BENSON, J.

Petitioner Dave Armodia (applicant) seeks review of that portion of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) which denied him retroactive vocational rehabilitation temporary disability (VRTD) benefits after he had prevailed on appeal from an order of the Rehabilitation Bureau (Bureau). We conclude that applicant, having prevailed on appeal, was entitled to VRTD benefits retroactive to October 3, 1985, the date the Bureau found applicant was entitled to further rehabilitation services, and that the Board erred as a matter of law when it found that…