SZEWCZYK v. POLICE & FIREFIGHTERS RET. BD.

No. 92-AA-550.

633 A.2d 1 (1993)

James V. SZEWCZYK, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE & FIREFIGHTERS RETIREMENT & RELIEF BOARD, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Deso, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Phillip A. Lattimore, III, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for respondent.

Before FARRELL and KING, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner contends there was not substantial evidence in the record to support the decision of the Police and Firefighters Retirement and Relief Board that his disability was not incurred in the performance of duty. D.C.Code § 4-616(a) (1988). We disagree. As the "substantial evidence" test implies, our review of the Board's decision is deferential: so long as, upon examination of the record as a whole, we conclude there was "such relevant evidence...

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