Kouzoukas v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

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• reversing denial of duty disability benefit where one physician proposed alternative causes, but all other evidence and testimony linked applicant’s pain to an on-duty injury
• “As a general rule, prejudgment interest is recoverable only where authorized by the agreement of the parties or by statute.”
• “As a general rule, prejudgment interest is recoverable only where authorized by the agreement of the parties or by statute.”
• while an agency’s credibility determinations “should be afforded considerable weight, they are not immune from review”
• since claimant was never offered a position to accommodate her physical restrictions, the Board could not say that she was not disabled within the meaning of the Pension Code
• every medical professional who examined the plaintiff found that she suffered pain as a result of a lower back strain and that the pain, in turn, prevented the plaintiff from returning to work as a full-duty police officer

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