KIRVEN v. POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT

No. 11602.

379 A.2d 1186 (1977)

Archie G. KIRVEN, Jr., Petitioner, v. POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT AND RELIEF BOARD et al., Respondents.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Bankert, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Margaret L. Hines, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for respondents. Louis P. Robbins, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance, for respondents.

Before KELLY, YEAGLEY and MACK, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

On November 26, 1976, the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Retirement and Relief Board found Officer Archie Kirven to be permanently disabled not in the line of duty. Specifically, the Board found that Kirven suffered from "depressive neurosis," which was defined as "a depressive state resulting from Officer Kirvin's [sic] tendency to somatacize his various aches and pains." On appeal, petitioner Kirven contends that the Retirement Board's hearing...

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