Nickols v. Division of Retirement

BOOTH, Judge.

This cause is before us on appeal from a final order of the State Retirement Commission (the Commission). The issue is whether the Commission erred in denying appellant’s claim for in-line-of-duty disability retirement benefits under chapter 121, Florida Statutes.

The uncontroverted medical evidence was that appellant had myriad symptoms, includ*262ing debilitating headaches, which prevented him from working in any of his preinjury occupations. In rendering its decision, the Commission found as follows:

This denial must be based on the simple fact that out of the myriad of physicians…