HOWARD AMBORN, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, Respondents (Opinion by Rattigan, Acting P. J. , with Christian, J. , and Elkington, J. , concurring. )OPINION RATTIGAN, Acting P. J. Howard Amborn, the applicant in a workmen's compensation proceeding, petitioned this court for review of the final award made therein. The Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board (hereinafter the 'appeals board') adopted the referee's 'Findings and Award,' in all respects, after proceedings upon reconsideration thereof. 3 Section 4800 makes no distinction between temporary and permanent disability, or between temporary and permanent 'disability payments. '3, ante), limits a disabled highway patrolman's salaried leave of absence to the period of his temporary disability.

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