State ex rel. Pate v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} The workers’ compensation claim of appellant-claimant, Sandra J. Pate, has been recognized for, among other things, depression and anxiety. In 1997, she applied to appellee, Industrial Commission of Ohio, for permanent and total disability compensation. Attending psychiatrist Dr. Norman I. Hirsch opined that claimant’s psychiatric condition, “[especially in relation to her age and her physical disabilities,” rendered her permanently and her totally disabled.

*90{¶ 2} Dr. Donald L. Brown also examined claimant. Excluding claimant’s physical condition and nonmedical disability factors from…