Claim of Schmeling v. New Venture Gear

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 13, 2006, which ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related injury and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

In 2001, claimant filed a claim for workers’s compensation *1072benefits, alleging that years of psychological harassment at her workplace led to multiple stress-induced injuries. Subsequently, claimant was diagnosed as suffering from, among other things, schizo-affective disorder, bipolar type, anxiety disorder, paranoia, depression and posttraumatic stress syndrome. A Workers’ Compensation Law…