State, Department of Administration, Division of Retirement v. Miranda

NIMMONS, Judge.

This is an administrative appeal from the Final Order of the State Retirement Commission (“Commission”), reversing the decision of the Division of Retirement (“Division”) by granting regular disability retirement benefits to appellee’s deceased husband, Carlos Miranda. We reverse.

Mr. Miranda was employed as a fireman with the Metro Dade. County Fire Department from July 14, 1975 to July 24, 1984, his last date of actual work. On July 24, 1984, Mr. Miranda was admitted to the hospital and thereafter diagnosed as having terminal cancer. He remained in the hospital until August…