Rouse v. FMC Corp. Marine-Rail

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that held that employer had not accepted claimant’s personality disorder as a compensable condition. We reverse.

While working for employer in 1979, claimant sustained a compensable injury to his right knee. He had surgery and returned to work. Determination orders issued in 1980 and 1981 awarding him temporary total disability (TTD) and permanent partial disability (PPD). In early 1982, claimant was examined by several doctors who, in addition to diagnosing orthopedic disorders, also diagnosed depression, a conversion disorder and a…