Hassell v. Onslow County Board of Education

HUDSON, Justice.

Plaintiff employee challenges the Industrial Commission’s (“Commission’s”) determination that she is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because her “generalized anxiety disorder” (“GAD”) is not an occupational disease pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 97-53(13). Guided by the well-established standard of appellate review, we hold that the Commission properly concluded that plaintiff’s condition is not an occupational disease because she failed to prove either that her work increased her risk of GAD or significantly contributed to it. Consequently, we affirm the denial of the…