CA's workers compensation system often denies treatment for firefighters suffering from PTSD. Firefighters with PTSD are struggling to find medical help, facing a complex workers compensation system ...

Todd Nelson could feel it coming on. And he began to run. He was going dark again, retreating to a place where he would curl into a fetal position with his thumb in his mouth, watching from behind ...

Even when suicidal, California firefighters struggle to find medical help and navigate the workers’ comp morass to pay for it. A 2021 analysis showed their claims were more likely to involve PTSD — ...

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‘Total system breakdown’: California firefighters with PTSD face a workers’ comp nightmare Cal Fire Captain Todd Nelson, shown in Nevada City, suffers from a severe case of post traumatic stress ...

From 2008 to 2019 in California, workers' comp officials denied PTSD claims filed by firefighters and other first responders at more than twice the rate of their other work-related conditions, such as ...