Kraai v. Bureau of Fire & Police Disability & Retirement Fund

At issue in this case is whether the City of Portland Bureau of Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund (the fund) correctly denied claimant’s application for disability benefits. The fund appeals the reviewing court’s general judgment granting a writ of review setting aside the fund’s denial of benefits to claimant. The fund contends that the time limitation in the rule on which it relied to deny claimant disability benefits begins to run when a member of the fund first receives treatment for a condition that the member subjectively believes to be a worsening of a prior…