SHAWN GUTE vs. THE RYAN COMPANY, OLD REPUBLIC WORK COMP

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the denial of a credit for temporary disability overpayments against the applicant's permanent disability award. The Board found that allowing the credit would effectively eliminate the permanent disability benefits and that such credit allowances are discretionary. The WCAB adopted the WCJ's reasoning, emphasizing that the statutory purpose of permanent disability benefits would be undermined. The defendant's argument that they overpaid temporary disability after the agreed medical evaluator found the applicant permanent and stationary was rejected as a basis to disturb the WCJ's discretionary denial of credit.