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Board approves record‑review option for disability claims and grants three service‑connected retirements
Summary
Trustees agreed to adopt a records‑review model for many disability retirement applications to speed processing and reduce travel burdens, and reported unanimous closed‑session grants of service‑connected retirement for Deputy Wriston, Thong and Mendoza.
Legal counsel and staff proposed changing certain independent medical examinations (IMEs) to independent medical adviser record reviews to speed adjudication and reduce cost and travel for applicants. Jeff Burke described the change as a shift from in‑person IMEs to a medical‑advisor review of medical records in many cases; staff retained discretion to…
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