Priya Nair

The applicant sought a determination that he was catastrophically impaired under Criterion 8 of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule due to mental and behavioral disorders resulting from a motor vehicle accident.

While the Tribunal accepted that the applicant sustained post-traumatic stress disorder, a major depressive episode, and substance use disorder as a result of the accident, it found that these impairments did not reach the threshold of a marked (Class 4) impairment in any of the four functional domains.

The Tribunal concluded that the applicant retained some useful functioning in activities of daily living and social functioning, and therefore dismissed the application.