Where a Medical Panel reaches a diagnosis not made by any treating or medico-legal practitioner, and which is inconsistent with contemporaneous clinical assessments, the Panel must explain the basis for that diagnosis by reference to the relevant diagnostic criteria and must explain why it rejects the treating practitioners' opinions. A compendious failure to provide adequate reasons constitutes an error of law warranting quashing of the Panel's decision.
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