Mental conditions can be covered by workmans comp, but, typically, this is in the sense of a psychological or pyschiatric condition being tied to a physical condition.
For example, job related stress or tension may contribute to a heart attack. Another example might be a worker who suffers a physical injury and later develops anxiety disorder or PTSD as a result of this.
In either case, the primary condition in many cases would be the physical injury, though the worker's mental consideration would also merit consideration.
Worker's compensation claims can be won solely on the basis of mental or psychiatric impairments, but, generally, it must be shown that the condition was the result of an abnormal work environment.
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