Leschinsky v. Public Safety Personnel Retirement System

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Appellant, while a member of the Tucson Police Department, was convicted of attempted second degree burglary pursuant to his plea of nolo contendere. This led to his termination by the police department on October 15, 1974. He commenced an appeal to the Civil Service Commission of the City of Tucson which he subsequently abandoned. On May 13, 1975 appellant applied to the Police Public Safety Personnel *619Retirement System Board for a disability pension claiming that while employed by the City of Tucson, he incurred a severe aggravation of hypertension and severe…