Woldrich v. Vancouver Police Pension Board

Albert Woldrich appeals from a superior *389court order affirming a Vancouver Police Pension Board (the Board) decision granting him a permanent disability retirement from the Vancouver Police Department, but denying that his disability was incurred in the line of duty. He claims that his disabling psychological disorder resulted from the stress of his employment; the Board argues that his mental disability was instead brought on by a disciplinary demotion, and was not incurred in the line of duty. We affirm.

Woldrich’s disabling symptoms began shortly after he learned from a superior officer that…