Callahan v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

Macdonald, D. Lloyd, J.

Introduction and Procedural Overview

This is an administrative appeal pursuant to G.L.c. 30A, §14. The plaintiff, Gail Callahan (“Callahan”), seeks judicial review of a decision by the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (“CRAB”). The State Board of Retirement (the “Board”) denied Callahan’s application for accidental disability benefits based on the Regional Medical Panel’s (the “Panel’s”) determination that she was not permanently disabled. Callahan appealed the Board’s decision to CRAB, which assigned the matter to the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (“DALA”).…