Johnson v. Board of Appeals and Review

REILLY, Associate Judge:

Petitioners are former members of the United States Park Service, retired after hearings before the Police and Firemen’s Retirement Board (referred to herein as the “Retirement Board”) for disabilities not incurred in, nor aggravated by, the performance of duty. In the hearings before the Retirement Board, the officers did not deny that they were “disabled” (i. e., no longer fit to perform duty), but contended that the disability had been caused or aggravated by service in the force.

Deeming themselves aggrieved by contrary findings, 1 petitioners thereafter appealed to…