Chatfield v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that reversed the referee and held that claimant had failed to prove that the worsening of the symptoms of his preexisting psychological condition was related to the compensable injury. We reverse.

On August 21, 1981, claimant was employed as a truck driver and was involved in an accident that resulted in his immediate admission to the hospital. He was treated for multiple abrasions, lacerations to his right knee, left hand and left eyelid and a possible head injury. He was discharged on August 25,1981. Initially, his chief complaint…