FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Lisa M. Smith
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Service-Connected Disability Retirement application of Lisa M. Smith - San Bernardino County - Transitional Assistance Department.
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Requested Benefit:
1. Service-Connected Disability Retirement
Staff Recommendation:
1. Lisa M. Smith is permanently incapacitated for the performance of duties and a disability retirement should be granted.
2. Lisa M. Smith’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 September 12, 2025, date of application.
BACKGROUND:
Independent Medical Examiner - Robert O. Ruder, M.D.
Attorney - None
STAFF CONTACT:
Barbara Hannah
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A: Claimed Injury or Disease
Exhibit B: Demographic Information
Exhibit C: Independent Medical Examiner’s Report
Exhibit D: Supplemental Independent Medical Examiner’s Report
Exhibit E: Applicant’s Statement of Facts
Exhibit F: Applicant’s Statement of Facts /Statement of Continuous Incapacity
Exhibit G: Physician’s Report
Exhibit H: Department Statement of Facts
Exhibit I: Supplemental Department Statement of Facts
Exhibit J: Job Description, Physical Requirements