Quevedo v. Office of New York State Comptroller

Because petitioner had less than 10 years of service credit at the time he applied for disability retirement benefits, he was obliged to prove that his disability was “the natural and proximate result of an accident not caused by his own willful negligence sustained in the performance of his duties” (Retirement and Social Security Law § 605 [b] [3]; see Matter of Gonzalez v New York State & Local Employees’ Retirement Sys., 79 AD3d 1562, 1563 [2010]). The Comptroller’s determination on the issue of causal relationship will be upheld if supported by substantial evidence in the record and, in…