Public Employees' Retirement System v. Shurden

WALLER, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Robert Ann Shurden’s application for regular1 disability retirement was denied by the Public Employees Retirement System’s Medical Board because there was insufficient objective evidence supporting her claim that her medical condition prevented her from performing her duties as a correctional psychiatric assistant. Shurden appealed and received a hearing before PERS’s Disability Appeals *260Committee. The Appeals Committee recommended that Shurden’s application for permanent disability be denied, and the ■PERS Board of Trustees approved .and adopted this…