Pate v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Joyce Pate appeals a Workmens Compensation Appeal Board order which reversed a referees decision and denied compensation based on a psychiatric disability. We affirm.

Pate, an electronics assembler at Boeing Vertol, was required to work with small components and wires in the manufacture of helicopter parts. Pate suffered from a pre-existing schizophrenic condition for which she had been receiving psychiatric treatment. The referee made findings of fact indicating that Pate suffered an exacerbation of her schizophrenic condition due to her supervisors…