Articles tagged with: Posttraumatic stress disorder
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In Montgomery County, Maryland, a police officer filed a worker’s compensation claim for hypertension and subsequent heart disease. Some states recognize that positions of high stress can cause long term consequences. High stress, high adrenaline jobs like law enforcement, fire fighters, and even air traffic controllers have high levels of stress associated with their jobs. Exposure to stress in these situations can place the body at risk for life altering diseases like hypertension and heart disease. However, the right to file a worker’s compensation claim does not stop there. In …
