McKitrick v. State, Public Employees Retirement System

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I, INTRODUCTION

A man filed an application for both occupational and nonoceupational disability benefits from the Public Employees Retirement System, claiming disability from both physical and mental conditions. An administrative law judge (ALJ) denied the man's claim, finding that he failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that he had a physical or mental disability that presumably permanently prevented him from satisfactorily performing his job. The man appealed and the superior court affirmed the ALJ's determination. On appeal to this court,…