We agree with the disposition at Special Term that respondents' denial of petitioner's application for accident disability retirement was neither arbitrary nor capricious. The record supports the determination, in part based upon the opinion of Dr. Flegenheimer, that at most, the incident was a precipitating factor but was not causally related to petitioner's psychiatric condition. The distinction hardly amounts to a mere "exercise in semantics", as is suggested by the dissent...
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