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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended a prior decision, finding the applicant entitled to a second supplemental job displacement voucher. This is because the applicant sustained two distinct industrial injuries causing permanent partial disability, and the plain language of Labor Code section 4658.7 mandates a voucher for each qualifying injury. The Board rejected the employer's argument that injuries occurring concurrently or having the same stationary date precluded separate vouchers. The applicant is entitled to a separate voucher for each of her injuries to her lumbar spine and hypertension.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended a prior decision, finding the applicant entitled to a second supplemental job displacement voucher. This is because the applicant sustained two distinct industrial injuries causing permanent partial disability, and the plain language of Labor Code section 4658.7 mandates a voucher for each qualifying injury. The Board rejected the employer's argument that injuries occurring concurrently or having the same stationary date precluded separate vouchers. The applicant is entitled to a separate voucher for each of her injuries to her lumbar spine and hypertension.
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