STELLING ROBINSON, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and REPUBLIC INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA, Respondents (Opinion by Best, J. , with Woolpert, Acting P. J. , and Reid, J. , concurring. )Pursuant to respondents' motion, the WCAB ordered petitioner to report for examination to Dr. Joseph Bailey who was appointed by the Board as an independent medical examiner. Based on the existing evidence, the WCAB could have issued an award that was even less favorable to petitioner. III Was the WCAB precluded from making a permanent disability award because vocational rehabilitation benefits had been resumed?This court having determined that the WCAB did not abuse its discretion in failing to permit petitioner to withdraw from the stipulation, petitioner's contention must fail.

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