BRITTON v. POLICE & FIREFIGHTERS' RET. BD.

No. 95-AA-66.

681 A.2d 1152 (1996)

James A. BRITTON, Jr., Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT AND RELIEF BOARD, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Pressler, with whom Robert S. Over was on the brief, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Phillip A. Lattimore, III, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for respondent.

Before FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Petitioner Britton, a twenty-six-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, seeks review of an order by the Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board. The Board found that his disabling hearing loss was the result of a non-work-related injury; consequently, his retirement benefits would be determined under D.C.Code § 4-615 (1994) rather than under the more generous provisions of D.C.Code § 4-616, which applies...

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