Board of Trustees of the Policemen'S & Firefighters Retirement Fund of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government v. Brown

HAYES, Chief Judge:

Gary F. Brown, appellee herein, is a retired police officer who alleges to be totally and permanently disabled from performing his duties as a police officer due to problems he has experienced with his back. His application for occupational disability benefits, under K.R.S. 67A.460, was denied by the appellants, Board of Trustees of the Policemen’s and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (Board of Trustees) on the ground that his “medical problem was not service connected.” On appeal, the Fa-yette Circuit Court reversed the Board’s…