Legal Opinion
Vera v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 2, 2007No. D049629PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
IRION, J.
Daniel Vera petitioned for review of a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denying his petition for reconsideration of a decision awarding him permanent disability benefits in the amount of $18,823.75. The WCAB’s decision was premised on the application of the schedule for rating permanent disabilities that went into effect on January 1, 2005 (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 9805), which Vera argues does not apply to his case.
We granted review, and we now conclude that the WCAB properly denied the petition for reconsideration because the schedule for rating…
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