ABRAHAM ROBERTSON, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, MOUNTAIN PEOPLE'S WAREHOUSE et al. , Respondents. In this workers' compensation action, we conclude that the employer, Mountain People's Warehouse (hereafter Company), failed to satisfy its obligation to offer the benefit of vocational rehabilitation (VR) to its injured employee, Abraham Robertson (Robertson). Subsequently, Robertson was found to be a qualified injured worker, making him eligible to receive VR. The one exception involved an absence so Robertson could care for his seriously ill wife. If Robertson is not disqualified from receiving payment for medical treatment and for disability, why, then, is he disqualified from receiving VR benefits?

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