SCENARIO:
1. Three months on the job. Generic orthopedic back injury while lifting a box at work. Accepted back injury.
2. Applicant goes out on TTD for 8 months and continuing .
3. Applicant never returns to work for the employer. However, applicant was not officially terminated from the job. Subsequently applicant files a secondary consequence ( pain from orthopedic injury) psych claim.
QUESTION:
Would applicant establish the 6 month rule on employment ( 2 months working and 8 months TTD) for secondary consequence psych cases ?