As explained, D.C. Code § 32-1503 (a-1) bars an employee from receiving workers' compensation in the District of Columbia if at any time he has received compensation "under the workers' compensation law of any other state for the same injury." See Mendez v. District of Columbia Dep't of Employment Servs., 819 A.2d 959, 960 (D.C. 2003). The primary issue before us is whether the Director erred in concluding that the payments The Post had made to Malik applying the Virginia compensation schedule were not made "under the workers' compensation law of [that] state."
Id. at 1222. In Mendez v. District of Columbia Dep't. of Employment Servs., 819 A.2d 959 (D.C. 2003), claimant filed a claim and received benefits in Maryland, and later sought compensation in the District for the same injury; DOES, following the Rush rationale, rejected the claim. We affirmed.