Important takeaways from the decision in Lynch v AAI Limited t/as AAMI [2022] NSWPICMP 6:
- A diagnosis of an Adjustment Disorder cannot be made if the stress related disturbance meets the criteria for another mental disorder.
- A psychiatric diagnosis in remission may be found to be a non-minor injury.
- The Claimant bears the onus of establishing that their injury is a non-minor injury.