Board of Trustees of Policemen's & Firemen's Retirement Fund of City of the Lexington v. Nuckolls

GARDNER, Commissioner.

It was adjudged by the Fayette Circuit Court that Aubrey L. Nuckolls was entitled to benefits payable from the Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement Fund of the City of Lexington based on total and permanent occupational disability. The trustees of the fund appeal. We affirm.

Nuckolls was employed by the fire department on February 1, 1960. Prior to that time he had no history of heart trouble. In March 1968 Nuckolls’ physician discovered that he had arteriosclerotic cardiac disease manifested by angina pectoris and advised him to quit work. There was no question of…