FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Juanita Allen-Saleem
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve and adopt the proposed findings and recommendations of the referee regarding the application for a Service-Connected Disability Retirement with Supplemental Retirement Allowance of Juanita Allen-Saleem - San Bernardino County - Probation.
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BACKGROUND:
This matter is in closed session because the Applicant failed to meet her burden that she is permanently incapacitated; and, therefore, the hearing officer is recommending the Board deny Applicant's application for service-connected disability retirement. Further, the hearing officer determined that Applicant is capable of gainful employment and therefore denied her request for the Supplemental Retirement Allowance. Under SBCERA's Procedures for Disability Retirement and Formal Hearings, Applicant and SBCERA's counsel will have an opportunity to address the Board in closed session.
Procedural History:
At the June 1, 2023, meeting of the Board of Retirement, the Board found that Applicant is not permanently incapacitated for the performance of duties and denied Applicant's request for a service-connected disability retirement. Additionally, the Board found that Applicant is capable of gainful employment and therefore denied the supplemental disability retirement allowance.
On June 25, 2023, Applicant requested to proceed to a Formal Hearing. The Formal Hearing was completed on June 24, 2025.
On October 9, 2025, SBCERA received the Hearing Officer's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, dated October 9, 2025. On October 15, 2025, the parties were served with the Hearing Officer's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law giving them ten (10) days within which to file objections. No objections were filed by Applicant or Res...
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