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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to clarify an ambiguous award for temporary disability benefits. The applicant sustained a cumulative injury resulting in temporary and permanent disability. The defendant argued the award was unclear regarding the coordination of temporary disability payments with benefits already paid by the Employment Development Department (EDD). The Board clarified that the applicant is to be compensated for temporary disability, less amounts paid by EDD, with adjustments potentially needed to match the agreed-upon temporary disability rate. Furthermore, the Board clarified that EDD's overpayments of unemployment benefits made after the applicant's permanent and stationary date are to be reimbursed from the applicant's permanent disability benefits.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to clarify an ambiguous award for temporary disability benefits. The applicant sustained a cumulative injury resulting in temporary and permanent disability. The defendant argued the award was unclear regarding the coordination of temporary disability payments with benefits already paid by the Employment Development Department (EDD). The Board clarified that the applicant is to be compensated for temporary disability, less amounts paid by EDD, with adjustments potentially needed to match the agreed-upon temporary disability rate. Furthermore, the Board clarified that EDD's overpayments of unemployment benefits made after the applicant's permanent and stationary date are to be reimbursed from the applicant's permanent disability benefits.
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