What the panel ordered
The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (en banc) denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the en banc Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration issued June 11, 2009, which rescinded the WCJ's Findings and Award for lack of jurisdiction due to the repeal of Labor Code section 139.5 effective January 1, 2009.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold June 11, 2009, April 14, 2009.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The WCAB lost jurisdiction over non-vested and inchoate vocational rehabilitation claims after the repeal of Labor Code section 139.5 effective January 1, 2009, and the applicant's right to retroactive VRMA benefits was not vested before that date.
From the decision · page 116 Our June 11, 2009 en banc decision rescinded the January 13, 2009 Findings and Award of