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injury to be compensable it
must either occur as a manifestation of a compensable physical injury or arise out of the
workplace accident and be accompanied by a compensable physical injury. McKenzie v
Mental Health Care Inc. 43 So. 3d 767 Fla. 1st DCA 2010. Further the physical
injury must be one
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medical care as
recommended by psychiatrist Dr. Leonard Elkun psychologist Dr. Andrew McKenzie including the
recommended referral to Dr. Bonita Alexander of RIC.
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The Arbitrator also finds that Petitioner is entitled to
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and Section 440.0932 references mental or nervous
injury manifesting as a result of an earlier physical injury. See McKenzie v. Mental
Health Care Inc. 43 So.3d 767 Fla.1st DCA 2010. In the instant case the evidence
presented is indicative of a claim that the treatment being requested is for a
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after 2002. Section 440.0931 references mental or nervous injuries
accompanying a physical injury and Section 440.0932 references a mental or
nervous injury manifesting as a result of an earlier physical injury. See McKenzie v.
Mental Health Care Inc. 43 So.3d 767 Fla.1st DCA 2010. In the
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term accompanying used in 440.0931 Fla. Stat. is not defined within
Chapter 440. However it was construed in McKenzie v. Mental Health Care Inc. to mean at the
same time as. McKenzie v. Mental Health Care Inc. 43 So. 3d 767 769 Fla. 1st DCA 2010.
Thus the claimant must prove
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own separate injury independent of the compensable physical injury. See McKenzie v. Mental Health CareSummit
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440. A
manifestation is a disease or infection that naturally or unavoidably results from an initial
compensable workplace injury. See McKenzie v. Mental Health Care Inc. 43 So.3d 767
Fla.1st DCA 2010. Mental or nervous injuries must be demonstrated by clear and
convincing medical evidence by a
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problems to be
compensable they must either a occur as a manifestation of a compensable physical injury; or
b be accompanied by a compensable physical injury. McKenzie v Mental Health Care Inc. 43
So. 3d 767 Fla. 1st DCA 2010. In this case no compensable physical injury has been proven
to exist
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is de novo. See McKenzie v. Mental Health Care Inc. 43 So.3d 767 768 Fla. 1st DCA 2010. Section 440.1851 provides that
An employee who suffers an injury arising out of and in the course of employment shall advise his or her employer of the injury within 30 days after the date of or initial
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suffered any
physical injury. These additions specifically related to the mental-mental injury of PTSD. See
McKenzie v. Mental Health Care Inc. 43 So.3d 767 Fla. 1st DCA 2010.
Florida Statute 112.18155 states as follows
5a For the purposes of this section and chapter 440 and
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