Abundio Ortega, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California; Los Angeles Stitching Service; and State Compensation Insurance Fund, Respondents. In comments to the job analysis, applicant claimed he frequently was required to bend at the knees and waist and to kneel. The Bureau ordered that further requests for rehabilitation benefits be made within five years after the date of injury. Applicant appealed to the WCJ from the Bureau's March 20, 1984, order, denying he had declined rehabilitation services. On September 5, 1985, the WCJ returned the matter to the Bureau without having decided the appeal.

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