Vigil v. Public Employees Retirement Board

OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} In this case we review a decision of the Public Employees Retirement Board (the Board) denying duty-related disability retirement benefits to Petitioner-Appellant Patricia Vigil. The parties do not dispute that Ms. Vigil is disabled and that her disability was “solely and exclusively” a result of her work. The dispute concerns whether a preexisting condition was “a significant contributing factor material to the disability.” 2.80.1000.7(E) NMAC (9/30/2010). While a hearing officer recommended finding that Ms. Vigil had established by a preponderance of evidence that no…