Court affirms denial of PTSD benefits for police officer
By: Louise Esola, businessinsurance.com
An appellate court in Tennessee on Tuesday ruled that a police officer’s post-traumatic stress disorder is not subject to injured-on-duty benefits, affirming an earlier decision that found the alleged cause of his mental injury not outside of the scope of his job duties following a fatal shooting.
Clyde Jason Stambaugh, a 15-year veteran who was determined unfit for duty in 2016 following a post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis, filed a petition in April 2017 challenging the decision of the Benefit Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County denying his request for injured-on-duty benefits, according to documents in Clyde Jason Stambaugh v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, filed in the Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.
