Depression from workplace issues and dismissal not related to injury

Worker returned to work without a problem for years following accident but didn’t claim ongoing effects until he was terminated

An Ontario worker who reported physical and psychological effects from a work-related injury after he was dismissed three years later is not entitled to benefits for ongoing impairment and psychotraumatic disability, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ruled.

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