Sanchez v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

ANDERSON, P. J.

J.—Petitioner Lawrence Sanchez (applicant) seeks review of an en banc decision (4-3) of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) which found that applicant’s initial request for vocational rehabilitation benefits, made within one year of the order approving a compromise and release, but more than five years after the date of injury, was barred by the statute of limitation under Labor Code section 5410. The Board held that section 5405.5, 2 enacted on January 1, 1983, is limited by the five-year limitation provision in section 5410.

Applicant contends, as did three…