In Re the Appeal of Templeton

MILLER, RONALD K., Circuit Judge.

Robert Templeton (Templeton) applied for disability benefits from the South Dakota Retirement System (SDRS). The administrator of SDRS denied his application. Templeton appealed to the South Dakota Retirement System Board (Board). A hearing examiner recommended that the Board grant Templeton’s application for disability benefits but the Board denied Templeton’s application. Templeton appealed the Board’s decision to circuit court, which reversed the decision of the Board and adopted the hearing examiner’s findings of fact and conclusions of law. The SDRS…