Newman v. City of Oakland Retirement Board

Opinion

LAZARUS, J. *

This appeal is by an Oakland police officer who, after sustaining a gunshot wound to his right wrist while on duty, was mandatorily retired for disability on Februaiy 1, 1974.

Two years later, the Oakland Police and Fire Retirement Board (hereinafter board) voted to reinstate him to active duty, thus terminating his right to receive his disability pension; this, although it was stipulated at the hearing before the board that there had been no improvement in the condition of his wrist, and that his impairment and the loss of the functional use of his right hand were still…