FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Jonathan Woods
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Service-Connected Disability Retirement application of Jonathan Woods - San Bernardino County - Sheriff.
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Requested Benefit:
1. Service-Connected Disability Retirement
Staff Recommendation:
1. Jonathan Woods is permanently incapacitated for the performance of duties and a disability retirement should be granted.
2. Jonathan Woods’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 June 28, 2025 the day after the last day of regular compensation.
BACKGROUND:
Independent Medical Examiner - Nick 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 - Dr. Kusnezov 08/09/25
Exhibit D: Applicant’s Statement of Facts
Exhibit E: Disability Retirement Application Amendment 05/01/25
Exhibit F: Disability Retirement Application Amendment 05/02/25
Exhibit G: Physician’s Report
Exhibit H: Physician’s Report - Michael Gillman, M.D. 05/01/25
Exhibit I: Department Statement of Facts
Exhibit J: Job Description, Physical Requirements