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CLAIMANT FIREFIGHTER DEMONSTRATED HIS PTSD IS RELATED TO THE HORRIFIC INJURIES AND DEATHS HE WITNESSED DOING HIS JOB; WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD REVERSED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board, determined claimant firefighter demonstrated his PTSD is related to the horrific injuries and deaths he witnessed doing his job:

… [W]here a firefighter “files a claim for mental injury premised upon extraordinary work-related stress incurred in a work-related emergency, the [B]oard may not disallow the claim, upon a factual finding that the stress was not greater than that which usually occurs in the normal work environment” (Workers’ Compensation Law § 10 [3] [b] … ). …

The record includes a … letter from claimant’s treating psychologist — Raymond Angelini — who opined that claimant was suffering from PTSD “as a result of responding to countless horrific, work-related emergency situations over the course of his career as a firefighter . . ., including but not limited to exposure to death, dismemberment, disfigurement[] and CPR regurgitation.” …

… [W]e conclude that claimant demonstrated, through competent medical evidence, a reasonable probability that his PTSD was causally related to his employment … . Matter of Reith v City of Albany, 2021 NY Slip Op 07339, Third Dept 12-23-21

 

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