Janine Tea v. Ramsey County, Self-Insured, Relator

Syllabus

1. The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals' affirmance of the compensation judge's finding that the employee has compensable post-traumatic stress disorder is not manifestly contrary to the evidence because the compensation judge based his conclusion on the employee's credibility and the persuasiveness of an expert diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. 2. In accord with our decision in Smith v. Carver County, 931 N.W.2d 390, 396–97 (Minn. 2019), compensation judges may review the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria when considering the persuasiveness of expert reports, but judges may not use those criteria to make their own diagnosis of a claimant's condition. Affirmed.