Negaard-Cooley v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Barbara Negaard-Cooley appealed from a judgment affirming a Workers Compensation Bureau order denying her medical benefits after October 23, 1997, for psychiatric treatment of clinical depression. Because the Bureau failed to explain internal discrepancies in a medical report it relied on to deny Negaard-Cooley’s claim, we reverse the judgment and remand to the Bureau for further proceedings to clarify those discrepancies.

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[¶ 2] Negaard-Cooley filed a claim for workers compensation benefits in connection with an injury to her left upper extremity on July 16,…