I could easily see SSDI claims in the trillions of dollars within the next 2-3 years.
I don’t see that happening, unless a lot of ambulance chaser lawyers get together and advertise for it on TV-let us all hope that doesn’t happen...
A claim like that will likely only be successful if the employee gets an attorney and has them file a claim/suit outside the workers comp insurance system-because once an employee accepts compensation from their employer’s workers comp carrier for a claim, they accept that as their remedy/method of compensation-no lawsuit and no SSDI or being unemployable unless there is a catastrophic injury-as a workers comp case manager, I’ve never seen a supposedly work related mental health issue considered compensable by workers comp other than occasionally, an addiction to alcohol/prescription pain killers as a secondary disability to a work-related injury-and the employee is sent to professional rehap/therapy-not self-help/12 step groups-the therapy is paid for directly to the facility/therapist-not to the client-so it would not be profitable to the client anyway-they aren’t getting paid for it...
But if the employee contacts an attorney and files suit instead of filing for workers comp within the specified time period, all bets are off...