Simmonds v. State Employees' Retirement System

McGINLEY, Judge.

Mary A. Simmonds, M.D. (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Employes’ Retirement Board (Board) which denied her request to purchase creditable state service for her position as a medical resident at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University (Medical Center). We reverse and remand.

Claimant, a licensed physician, was classified as a Resident Physician VI in oncology during her residency at the Medical Center from July 1,1980, through June 80, 1981. A Resident Physician VI at the Medical Center is a…