Armas, Nolberto

Applicant Nolberto Armas, an artificial insemination tech who sustained an industrial injury on October 4, 2020, sought reconsideration of an October 21, 2025 Findings of Fact denying additional temporary disability indemnity. The core dispute was the interpretation of Labor Code section 4656(c)(2)'s 104-compensable-week cap—specifically whether weeks of temporary partial disability (TPD) count toward the cap or whether the applicant is entitled to the equivalent of 104 times the temporary total disability (TTD) rate. The WCJ found defendant had paid 104 compensable weeks (combining TPD and TTD periods totaling 104 weeks and 2 days) and that TPD weeks count toward the cap. The WCAB adopted the WCJ's Report and denied reconsideration, holding that a 'compensable week' under section 4656(c)(2) includes any week in which either temporary partial or temporary total disability is paid.