Noone v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

Paul B. Noone, a Superior Court probation officer, was denied his 1985 application for accidental disability retirement benefits under the provisions of G. L. c. 32, § 7(1). Section 7(1) requires that the applicant be totally and permanently incapacitated for further duty by reason of an injury sustained as a result of the performance of the applicant’s duties. 2 The qualifying injuries identified by Noone were myocardiac infarction, for which he was hospitalized in 1983, hypertension with elevated blood pressure, and endocarditis, for which he was hospitalized in November, 1984. We conclude…