SAIF Corp. v. Freeman

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) setting aside its denial of claimant’s current psychological condition. We affirm.

Claimant, who was 53 years old at the time of hearing, was a construction worker who compensably injured his back in May, 1988. As a result of the injury, he was not able to continue to do construction work. Claimant had experienced personality problems before he injured his back; however, he had never sought or received treatment for those problems. In October, 1988, he began seeing Dr. Grass, a psychiatrist. Grass diagnosed depression…