FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Nicholas Sewell
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Service-Connected Disability Retirement application of Nicholas Sewell - San Bernardino County - Sheriff.
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Requested Benefit:
1. Service-Connected Disability Retirement
Staff Recommendation:
1. Nicholas Sewell is permanently incapacitated for the performance of duties and a disability retirement should be granted.
2. Nicholas Sewell’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 February 21, 2025, date of application.
BACKGROUND:
Independent Medical Examiner - Nicholas Kusnezov, 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: Applicant’s Statement of Facts
Exhibit E: Physician’s Report
Exhibit F: Department Statement of Facts
Exhibit G: Job Description, Physical Requirements