Owens v. Virginia Department of Transportation/Commonwealth

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• holding that, to be compensable, the aggravation of a pre-existing psychological condition must be “causally related to (1) a physical injury or (2) to an obvious sudden shock or fright in the employment”
• holding that, to be compensable, the aggravation of a pre-existing psychological condition must be \causally related to (1) a physical injury or (2) to an obvious sudden shock or fright in the employment\
• holding that the sound of a falling utility cover was not an unexpected event and that the evidence was insufficient to prove an aggravation of claimant's pre-existing PTSD
• “The fact that [claimant] previously suffered from PTSD, and that this incident only aggravated a pre-existing condition, is not fatal to his claim.”
• claimant must link his psychological injury to injury to either a physical injury or to a sudden shock or fright in the course of employment

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