Button v. Board of Administration

Opinion

CAREY, J. *

This is an appeal from a judgment denying a writ of administrative mandamus. The writ would have compelled the Board of Administration (Board) of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) to change the status of appellant’s retirement pension from “service” to “disability.” The Board had adopted a decision of an administrative law judge that (1) since appellant was already retired, he did not meet the statutory prerequisites to apply for a disability pen sion; 1 and (2) even if he did meet those prerequisites, the evidence did not establish that appellant was disabled…