Opinion ID: 181162
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Heading: Limits on Compensation

Text: Title 33 U.S.C. § 906(b) and (c) establish a maximum limit on compensation under the LHWCA. This maximum limit is calculated each fiscal year. 33 U.S.C. § 906(c). Price argues that the ALJ erred in applying the maximum compensation rate for fiscal year 1991 (the year Price became disabled). Price contends the ALJ should have applied the maximum compensation rate in effect for the year the ALJ issued his decision: fiscal year 2000. [2] As explained in our recent opinion in Roberts v. Director, OWCP, No. 08-70268 (9th Cir. November 10, 2010), 33 U.S.C. § 906(b) and (c) require us to apply the maximum compensation rate from the fiscal year in which the individual becomes entitled to compensation (i.e., the date of injury), not the rate in place for the fiscal year when the ALJ issues a formal compensation award. Therefore, the Board and the ALJ 20122 PRICE v. STEVEDORING SERVICES OF AMERICA did not err by capping Price’s compensation by the fiscal year 1991 rate.