Psychotraumatic disability from car accident, not earlier workplace injury

Worker chose to forgo entitlement to benefits from car accident for successful civil settlement; Ongoing psychological disability not compensable

An Ontario worker’s psychotraumatic disability was caused by ongoing pain resulting from a non-compensable motor vehicle accident, not back pain stemming from an earlier workplace accident, the Ontario Workplace Insurance and Appeals Tribunal has ruled.

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