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Under California workers' compensation, which body system injury typically qualifies for a vocational rehabilitation benefit?

a.Any injury needing more than one doctor visit
b.Only injuries to the spinal cord or brain
c.Only injuries that result in an amputation
d.Any permanent disability preventing return to usual work

Explanation

The Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit under Labor Code §4658.7 turns on outcome rather than body part: it issues when the injury leaves permanent partial disability and the employer does not offer regular, modified, or alternative work the employee can do. (a) sets a treatment threshold — most injuries needing several visits resolve with no permanent disability and no voucher. (b) and (c) pick catastrophic injuries that certainly qualify, but they state the rule far too narrowly; a shoulder or back injury that ends a roofer's usual work qualifies just as well.

Law Reference: Labor Code §4658.7

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