LeBoeuf v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

RICHARDSON, J., Concurring and Dissenting.

I concur with the majority’s conclusion that an injured worker must appeal an adverse decision of the Rehabilitation Bureau (Bureau) before seeking to reopen a permanent disability decision. I respectfully dissent from my colleagues’ unnecessary discussion of the merits of the potential motion for reopening which might be made should petitioner’s appeal from the Bureau’s decision prove unsuccessful.

The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board), in denying petitioner’s request to reopen, specifically stated that any claim of inequity arising *247from the…