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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend the date from which vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance (VRMA) was awarded. The Board found the applicant entitled to VRMA at the temporary disability rate from January 28, 2005, due to the defendant's breach of its obligation to provide timely notice of vocational rehabilitation eligibility. This date was established by calculating ten days after the defendant's presumed receipt of a physician's report indicating eligibility, accounting for mailing time.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend the date from which vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance (VRMA) was awarded. The Board found the applicant entitled to VRMA at the temporary disability rate from January 28, 2005, due to the defendant's breach of its obligation to provide timely notice of vocational rehabilitation eligibility. This date was established by calculating ten days after the defendant's presumed receipt of a physician's report indicating eligibility, accounting for mailing time.
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