No Disability Retirement Benefits for Correctional Officer With Degenerative Osteoarthritis

A New York appellate court upheld a denial of disability retirement benefits to a correctional officer for his degenerative osteoarthritis. Case: Matter of Gibbs v. New York City Employees' Retirement System, No. 2015-10132, 05/16/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Gregory Gibbs worked as a correctional officer for the New York City Department of Correction. In April 2011, he filed an application for disability retirement benefits. The Medical Board of the New York City Employees' Retirement System recommended that the application be denied. Though the Medical Board...