MEEKS BUILDING CENTER v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD MEEKS BUILDING CENTER et al. , Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and SALEM NAJJAR, Respondents. RELEVANT FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Applicant and respondent Salem Najjar worked as a paint sales associate at Meeks Building Center through June 12, 2007. The WCAB concluded that "the mandated payment for attending a [qualified medical evaluation] exam is not the equivalent of commencing temporary disability payments. "The WCAB granted Najjar's petition for reconsideration and rescinded the findings of fact and order of the WCJ. Because the WCAB could not determine on the record before it when temporary disability payments had in fact commenced, the matter was remanded.

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