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This case involves a dispute over the commencement date for permanent total disability (PTD) payments. The defendant seeks to change the PTD start date from December 14, 2006, to June 18, 2015, arguing entitlement to PTD only occurred in 2015. The Appeals Board denied reconsideration, upholding the original finding that applicant was entitled to PTD payments commencing in 2006. This decision aligns with established precedent that PTD benefits, including cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), begin when the applicant first becomes entitled to those benefits, which in this case was their original permanent and stationary date in 2006.
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This case involves a dispute over the commencement date for permanent total disability (PTD) payments. The defendant seeks to change the PTD start date from December 14, 2006, to June 18, 2015, arguing entitlement to PTD only occurred in 2015. The Appeals Board denied reconsideration, upholding the original finding that applicant was entitled to PTD payments commencing in 2006. This decision aligns with established precedent that PTD benefits, including cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), begin when the applicant first becomes entitled to those benefits, which in this case was their original permanent and stationary date in 2006.
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