Electrician May Expand Claim to Include Depression, but Not Anxiety

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that an electrician was entitled to expand his claim to include his major depressive disorder, but not his generalized anxiety disorder.  Case: United Coal Co. LLC v. B.C., No. 25-ICA-449, 06/02/2026, published. Facts: An electrician identified in court documents by his initials B.C. filed a workers’ compensation claim for injuries he sustained in June 2021 when a rock fell on him while he was working in a mine owned by United Coal Co. LLC. Personnel at Raleigh General Hospital completed the physicians’ section of th...