FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Linda Baldwin
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve and adopt the proposed amended findings and recommendations of the referee regarding the Disability Retirement of Linda Baldwin - Superior Court.
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BACKGROUND:
This matter is on consent calendar because the Applicant met her burden of proof to show that her permanent incapacity is service-connected. The Hearing Officer is recommending the Board approve the Applicant's request for a service-connected disability retirement.
Procedural History:
At the August 4, 2022, meeting of the Board of Retirement, the Board determined that the applicant was incapacitated for the performance of duties and granted a disability retirement with an effective date of January 18, 2020, the day after the last day of regular compensation. The Board further determined that the applicant's disability is nonservice-connected and denied the applicant's request for service-connection.
On August 17, 2022, the applicant requested to proceed to a Formal Hearing. On November 29, 2023, the parties were served with the Hearing Officer's Summary of Evidence, Finding of Fact, Conclusion of Law, and Recommendation After Formal Hearing denying Ms. Baldwin a service-connected disability retirement.
On December 18, 2023, SBCERA received a request from applicant's counsel requesting that the Board refer this matter back to the hearing officer for further proceeding or set this matter for hearing before itself, pending receipt of a medical report for the applicant.
On May 24, 2024, Ms. Oatman provided to SBCERA the medical report and requested that the new evidence be submitted to the Hearing Officer for consideration.
On August 1, 2024, the Board granted an extension of the Hearing Officer's jurisdiction up to and including January...
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