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Applicant found catastrophically impaired due to mental health deterioration exacerbated by a 2014 motor vehicle accident.
The applicant sought a determination that he sustained a catastrophic impairment due to a psychological condition resulting from a 2014 motor vehicle accident.
The respondent insurer argued the applicant was malingering and that any impairment stemmed from a prior 2011 accident.
Despite evidence of the applicant deliberately frustrating the respondent's psychological assessments, the Tribunal preferred the evidence of the applicant's neuropsychiatrist, finding a marked deterioration in the applicant's mental health.
The Tribunal concluded the applicant suffered a Class 4 marked impairment in three spheres and that, but for the 2014 accident exacerbating his pre-existing condition, he would not have sustained a catastrophic impairment.
