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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the administrative law judge's decision to apply the 104-week limit to temporary disability indemnity. The Board clarified that this limit applies to each distinct industrial injury, even if multiple injuries cause concurrent periods of disability. Furthermore, the Board found that the applicant's June 8, 2006 surgery did not constitute a separate industrial injury, as the cited case law regarding new injuries is narrowly limited to vocational rehabilitation settings.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the administrative law judge's decision to apply the 104-week limit to temporary disability indemnity. The Board clarified that this limit applies to each distinct industrial injury, even if multiple injuries cause concurrent periods of disability. Furthermore, the Board found that the applicant's June 8, 2006 surgery did not constitute a separate industrial injury, as the cited case law regarding new injuries is narrowly limited to vocational rehabilitation settings.
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