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  • San Jose doctor faces ouster for questioning police and firefighter disability claims

    10/14/2009 8:19:48 PM PDT · by Leisler · 6 replies · 519+ views
    Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | 10/11/09 | jhon woolfolk
    San Jose already has a far higher rate of retired police and firefighters on disability than other large California city. And in the three years since a Mercury News investigation documented that trend, pension trustees haven't denied one of the dozens of claims that have come before them. But a city physician's effort to demand more medical documentation of career-ending injuries now has officers calling for his ouster. Police say Dr. Rajiv Das is holding up officers' disability retirements — which, unlike regular service pensions, are mostly tax-free. Though Das merely advises the trustees who decide disability retirements, police complain...