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can i file workers comp for stress leave? I live in Washington
you can file but the law does not classify them as a compensible work comp injury

(1) Claims based on mental conditions or mental disabilities caused by stress do not fall within the definition of an occupational disease in RCW 51.08.140.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=296-14-300

it is possible to have a physical injury from stress. whether it was compensible would depend on the medical evidence.
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