FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Gerad Laing
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Service-Connected Disability Retirement application of Gerad Laing - San Bernardino County - Sheriff.
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Requested Benefit:
1. Service-Connected Disability Retirement
Staff Recommendation:
1. Gerad Laing is permanently incapacitated for the performance of duties and a disability retirement should be granted.
2. Gerad Laing’s disability is service-connected based on the claimed injury(ies)/disease as listed in Exhibit A; therefore, grant a service-connected disability benefit.
3. Staff shall initiate disability benefit payments with an effective date of May 9, 2026, the day after the last day of regular compensation.
BACKGROUND:
Medical Advisor - Shoaib Naqvi, M.D.
Attorney - None
STAFF CONTACT:
Barbara Hannah
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A: Claimed Injury or Disease
Exhibit B: Demographic Information
Exhibit C: Medical Advisor’s Report
Exhibit C1: Medical Advisor’s Supplemental Report
Exhibit D: Applicant’s Statement of Facts
Exhibit E: Physician’s Report
Exhibit F: Department Statement of Facts
Exhibit G: Supplemental Department Statement
Exhibit H: Job Description, Physical Requirements