Chang v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

RAYE, Acting P. J.

The sole question of law presented by this petition for a writ of review is whether Labor Code section 4660, as amended in 2004, requires the use of a permanent disability rating schedule effective January 1, 2005, to apply to injuries sustained before the schedule was adopted when none of the three exceptions set forth in subdivision (d) of section 4660 apply. In Aldi v. Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn (2006) 71 Cal.Comp.Cases 783 (Aldi), the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) determined in an en banc decision that the Legislature intended…