Cain, Nannette

Applicant Nannette Cain, an employee of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, sustained admitted industrial injuries and was placed on Industrial Disability Leave (IDL) while temporarily totally disabled. She sought to either elect Temporary Total Disability (TTD) in lieu of IDL or supplement her IDL with TTD because her TTD rate ($1,539.71) exceeded her IDL payment ($1,179.69). The WCJ found she was not statutorily entitled to elect TTD in lieu of IDL, that the supplementation issue was not ripe (administrative remedies not exhausted), and that the WCAB lacked jurisdiction over IDL supplementation issues. The WCAB adopted and incorporated the WCJ's Report and denied reconsideration as to ADJ16642926 and ADJ16642919, and dismissed it as to ADJ16642843 and ADJ10791190 where no decision had issued.