What often exacerbates work stress is an inadequate support system outside of work. If your personal life is filled with stress too, you will not be able to decompress, and your work stress will continue to grow. For a mental condition like stress, this is incredibly hard. First, you need to show that your stress is excessive.
Standard stress is expected and is not worthy of compensation. To receive benefits, you need to be stressed to the point of it being severely damaging to your health. Second, you need to prove that it is solely due to work. If your stress comes from your personal life too, this will complicate your case and likely lead to denial. The two reasons for this are outlined above. You need to prove that your stress is both debilitating and caused by work, which is tough to do.
If you believe you can prove these two points, though, you have a shot. For almost 3 decades now, he has helped thousands of injured workers in Florida fight for their benefits. He can help you get the benefits you deserve too. As they say, not all injuries can be seen by the naked eye.
Sometimes, mental disorders can be more disabling than physical ones. But due to the very subjective nature of mental disorders, getting workers comp for it can be extremely difficult. In Florida , the statutes state that:. A mental or nervous injury due to stress, fright, or excitement only is not an injury by accident arising out of the employment.
Mental or nervous injuries occurring as a manifestation of an injury shall be demonstrated by clear and convincing medical evidence by a licensed psychiatrist meeting criteria established in the most recent edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. Most states have strict requirements when it comes to compensating work-related mental disorders.
Some states have even gone so far as to establish specific parameters for claims related to stress or mental disorders. Though stress and anxiety are typical in the workplace, rarely do they ever reach such severity.
But proving it is another story. For example, you can usually tell by just one look if someone broke their legs or hurt their arms. And some people who are suffering from severe anxiety or depression may appear completely normal. You cannot submit a blood test or x-ray result as evidence. In other situations, an employee is harassed or attacked at work and may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD.
This may also occur due to an increasingly common event: workplace shootings. With physical injuries, this is often relatively easy to prove. If you fall at work, then you can show a clear link between the fall and your injuries. With mental health issues, showing a nexus between your condition and your job can be more challenging. In some cases, there is a traumatic event like a shooting that can be readily linked to your mental health condition.
But in other situations, there may not be a direct connection between a single event or a series of events and your stress and anxiety. Many mental health injuries arise over time, due to the nature of your work or difficulties at work. This can make it harder to prove that your injury was caused by work.
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