O'Brien v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

This is an appeal from a Superior Court judgment affirming a decision by the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB) that, in turn, affirmed a decision by the Teachers’ Retirement Board (board) setting the annual *1125retirement allowance for the plaintiff Emily M. O’Brien. That allowance is calculated, in part, upon the number of years of creditable service of the prospective retiree. The plaintiff claims that she was entitled to seventeen years of creditable service as opposed to the eight and one-half years used by the board as its basis for determining the amount of the retirement…