San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association
File #: 22-164.4    Name:
Type: Closed Session
File created: 8/13/2024 In control: BOARD OF RETIREMENT
On agenda: 9/5/2024 Final action: 9/5/2024
Title: Review and determine the Service-Connected Disability Retirement with Supplemental Retirement Allowance of Juanita Weiss - San Bernardino County - Probation.
FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel

SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Juanita Weiss

RECOMMENDATION:
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Review and determine the Service-Connected Disability Retirement with Supplemental Retirement Allowance of Juanita Weiss - San Bernardino County - Probation.
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Requested Benefit:
1. Service-Connected Disability Retirement with Supplemental Retirement Allowance

Staff Recommendation:
1. Juanita Weiss is permanently incapacitated for the performance of duties and a disability retirement should be granted.

2. Juanita Weiss's disability is nonservice-connected based on the claimed injury(ies)/disease as listed in Exhibit A; therefore, grant a nonservice-connected disability benefit.

3. Juanita Weiss is not capable of gainful employment; therefore, grant the supplemental disability retirement allowance.

4. Staff shall initiate disability benefit payments with an effective date of June 8, 2019, the day after the last day of regular compensation.

BACKGROUND:
This matter is in closed session because the Applicant is permanently incapacitated, but there is not a real and measurable connection between the incapacity and employment. See Exhibit A.

Medical Advisor - Jeffrey Wainstein, M.D.
Attorney - None

STAFF CONTACT:
Barbara Hannah
David Lantzer

ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A: Claimed Injury or Disease
Exhibit B: Demographic Information
Exhibit C: Medical Advisor's Report - Dr. Wainstein 03/15/22
Exhibit D: Medical Advisor's Report - Dr. Wainstein 07/23/24
Exhibit E: Independent Medical Examiner's Report - Dr. Schreiber 12/01/21
Exhibit F: Independent Medical Examiner's Report - Dr. Lipper 01/26/22
Exhibit G: Independent Medical Examiner's Report - Dr. Schreiber 03/19/24
Exhibit H: Independent Medical Examiner's Report - Dr. House 04/15/24
Exhibit I: Independent Medical Examiner's Report - Dr. Wilson 05/21/24
Exhibit J: Independent Medical Examiner's Report - Dr. Benarrouch 06/10/24
Exhibit K: Applicant's Statement of Facts and Physician's...

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