FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Adam Cortinas
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Service-Connected Disability Retirement application of Adam Cortinas - San Bernardino County - District Attorney.
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Requested Benefit:
1. Service-Connected Disability Retirement
Staff Recommendation:
1. Adam Cortinas is permanently incapacitated for the performance of duties and a disability retirement should be granted.
2. Adam Cortinas’ 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 the day after the last day of regular compensation, which is the day after the expiration of (Labor Code section 4850 leave or sick leave accruals) the later date as communicated by the employer.
BACKGROUND:
Independent Medical Examiner - Noam Z. Drazin, 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 - Dr. Drazin 07/02/2025
Exhibit D: Applicant’s Statement of Facts
Exhibit E: Physician’s Report
Exhibit F: Department Statement of Facts
Exhibit G: Job Description, Physical Requirements