CHARLES ROY HUTCHINSON, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, SUNBANK ELECTRONICS et al. , Respondents (Opinion by Abbg, J. , with Stone (S. J. ), P. J. , and Gilbert, J. , concurring. )[1a] The Board erred in concluding transportation expenses to obtain prescription medication are not compensable under Labor Code section 4600. fn. [209 Cal. App. 3d 375] [2] Based on the stipulated facts, the WCJ reluctantly denied applicant's claim. The WCJ properly concluded he was required to follow the opinion of the Board in the denial of a writ opinion in Rocha v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. , supra, 47 Cal. Comp. Cases 896, the Board has construed section 4600 as precluding reimbursement for transportation expenses in obtaining prescription medication.

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