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Board approves higher disability rating and back pay for retired firefighter Stephen R. Buxton
Summary
At a Sept. 10 rehearing, the Police and Fire Retirement Fund board accepted an additional impairment for firefighter Stephen R. Buxton, set the disability rate at 63 percent and authorized back pay to his original approval date.
The Police and Fire Retirement Fund board of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government on Sept. 10 granted an increased occupational disability rating for retired firefighter Stephen R. Buxton, approved a 63 percent impairment rate and ordered the resulting annuity to be backdated to his original disability approval.
The rehearing was held under Kentucky Revised Statute 67A.660 to consider whether Buxton’s disability percentage should be adjusted to include an asthma-related impairment assessment provided by Dr. Gregory T. Snyder, M.D., in addition to the whole-person impairment previously considered from Dr. Frank A. Burke, M.D. The…
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