A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

• Reduced Earnings

• Reimbursement, Request for

• Reopened Case

• Reopened Cases Fund

• Rescind (a Decision)

• Review Bureau

• Review, Request for

Reduced Earnings: (WCB) A compensation rate based on the claimant's partial wage loss or partial loss of earning capacity due to a condition related to a compensable work-connected injury.

Reimbursement, Request for: A request by an employer for reimbursement for wages paid to an employee for a period during which the employee was eligible to receive workers' compensation or disability benefits. A request by a compensation carrier for reimbursement out of the Special Disability Fund. A request by a disability benefits carrier for reimbursement of benefits paid to a claimant while the workers' compensation case was being litigated.

Reopened Case: A workers' compensation case which has been closed by a Workers' Compensation Law Judge or a Board Panel that is subsequently made active again to determine the claimant's eligibility for benefits.

Reopened Cases Fund: (WCB) A fund established to assume liability for additional awards in cases in which the application to reopen the case occurs more than seven years from the date of injury and more than three years from the payment of the last payment of compensation. The Fund is financed through payments in non-dependency death cases and through assessments made periodically against all carriers.

Rescind (a Decision): (WCB) A Board Panel memorandum of decision which voids or annuls a Workers' Compensation Law Judge decision. Decisions to rescind are usually issued without prejudice in order to allow the parties to present evidence or testimony not previously presented to a Workers' Compensation Law Judge.

Review Bureau: (WCB) A department of the Workers' Compensation Board which processes requests for reopening's of closed cases and objections to Workers' Compensation Law Judge decisions. In addition, the unit previously processed requests to close compensation cases with lump sum non-schedule adjustments, but since 1995 such requests have been handled by the district offices.

Review, Request for: (WCB) A written request for a Board Panel review of a Workers' Compensation Law Judge decision.