Benn v. Board of Pensions & Retirement of Philadelphia

RIZZO, J.,

— Appellant, City of Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement, appeals from this court’s order of March 24, 2005, reversing the July 15, 2004 decision of the board which denied appellee Don Benn’s petition for service-related disability benefits. For the reasons that follow, the decision of the board was properly reversed.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Mr. Benn was employed as an adult probation and parole officer with the First Judicial District for 20 years, from 1977 until 1997. (Findings of the Board of Pen*461sions and Retirement, p. 2.) From February through October of 1996, he…