FROM: Barbara Hannah, Chief Counsel
SUBJECT: Disability Retirement Application of Rene S. Garcia
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Service-Connected Disability Retirement application (Optional Death Allowance - §31787) of Rene S. Garcia - Sheriff - County of San Bernardino.
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Requested Benefit:
1. Service-Connected Disability Retirement (Optional Death Allowance - §31787)
Staff Recommendation:
1. Rene S. Garcia is permanently incapacitated for the performance of duties and a disability retirement should be granted. (Member deceased on September 20, 2019.)
2. Rene S. Garcia’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. The benefit type payable to Heather S. Garcia, surviving spouse, is payable under Government Code section 31787 as an Optional Death Allowance.
4. Staff shall initiate the Optional Death Allowance with an effective date of September 21, 2019, the day after the deceased member’s death.
BACKGROUND:
Medical Advisor - Shoaib Naqvi, M.D.
Attorney - None
STAFF CONTACT:
David Lantzer
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A: Claimed Injury or Disease
Exhibit B: Demographic Information
Exhibit C: Medical Advisor’s Report
Exhibit D: Independent Medical Examiner’s Report
Exhibit E: Applicant’s Statement of Facts
Exhibit F: Department Statement of Facts
Exhibit G: Job Description, Physical Requirements