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This case concerns a dispute over temporary disability benefits awarded to applicant Clinton Baker. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award finding total temporary disability from May 21, 2007, to the present. The Board determined that while jurisdiction exists to award temporary disability beyond five years post-injury if disability began within that period and a timely petition to reopen was filed, the prior award was rescinded. The matter is returned to the WCJ for further proceedings to clarify the correct commencement date of temporary disability, which applicant argues should be March 19, 2007, a date within the statutory five-year window.
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This case concerns a dispute over temporary disability benefits awarded to applicant Clinton Baker. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award finding total temporary disability from May 21, 2007, to the present. The Board determined that while jurisdiction exists to award temporary disability beyond five years post-injury if disability began within that period and a timely petition to reopen was filed, the prior award was rescinded. The matter is returned to the WCJ for further proceedings to clarify the correct commencement date of temporary disability, which applicant argues should be March 19, 2007, a date within the statutory five-year window.
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