Legal Opinion
Britton v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief Board
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 22, 1996No. 95-AA-66PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Petitioner Britton, a twenty-six-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, seeks review of an order by the Police and Firefighters’ Retirement and Relief Board. The Board found that his disabling hearing loss was the result of a non-work-related injury; consequently, his retirement benefits would be determined under D.C.Code § 4-616 (1994) rather than under the more generous provisions of D.C.Code § 4-616, which applies when a disability results from a work-related injury. Officer Britton claims that the government failed to meet its burden of showing that his…
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