Individuals employed as police officers, firefighters, EMTs and other first responders can experience post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by witnessing traumatic events. In Arizona, a bill was passed that expanded workers' compensation benefits for police officers diagnosed with PTSD. This change came after an officer who lost his job for a misdemeanor DUI committed suicide. He had developed a drinking problem to help cope with his PTSD caused by a fatal on-duty shooting he was involved in years before. However, proving that PTSD is work-related can be a difficult task for many Arizona police officers since insurance companies remain skeptical of mental injury claims. Take the case of Pitts v. The Industrial Commission of Arizona: In May 2013, Benjamin Pitts, an officer for the City of Chandler, Arizona, was on duty in his patrol car with his fiancée, who was participating in a ride along. He was dispatched to a hospital where a man had been seen with a gun. When they arrived, the man shot at Pitts' squad car, which stattered the windshield. Pitts returned fire and shot the man in the shoulder, ending the altercation. Neither Officer Pitts nor his fiancée were physically injured. However, over 2 years later, he was diagnosed by his doctor with probable PTSD. Then, in January 2016, Pitts was diagnosed with dissociative complex PTSD related to the shooting incident and taken off patrol duty. He filed for workers' compensation in October 2016, but the insurer initially denied his claim, saying it was past the statute of limitations. The administrative law judge agreed with the insurance company. Officer Pitts appealed to the Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One in Phoenix, which unanimously agreed that there was insufficient evidence to support the AJL's ruling to deny benefits for PTSD. The appellate judges said that unlike physical injuries where a diagnosis is immediate and evident, mental health injuries are more challenging to detect. Since Pitts didn't know of his PTSD condition until 2016, his injury was compensable and not time-barred.