Question juridique clé
Whether PTSD can be assessed under the same overcomability doctrine as pain disorders.
Solution extraite
Yes. PTSD may be invalidating only if its effects are not reasonably overcome by willpower; the pain-disorder approach also applies here.
Motifs extraits
The court relied on prior case law extending the doctrine to various psychiatric syndromes and specifically to PTSD, and saw no reason to depart from it.