Legal Opinion
Baumgartner v. Police & Firemen's Retirement & Relief Board
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1987No. 86-1002PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Petitioner, a Metropolitan Police sergeant seeking retirement on disability, asks us to review a ruling by the Police and Firemen’s Retirement and Relief Board that his disabling knee injury was not incurred in the performance of duty. See D.C. Code § 4-615(a) (1981). He does not dispute the Board’s finding of permanent disability. Rather, he claims that his disability resulted from an on-duty injury, and that the Board’s decision to the contrary is not supported by substantial evidence. We agree and reverse.
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On September 26,1976, petitioner Baum-gartner injured his…
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