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exposure to explosions while in active service in Vietnam. The
Veterans' Administration subsequently increased petitioner's
"service-connected disability" by 30 percent because he was
suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by combat-
related injuries incurred as a result of active service in the
Armed Forces. In February, 1993, the Veterans Administration
increased petitioner's service-connected disability compensation
for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from 30 to 70 percent, and he
was "granted Individual Unemployability" effective February 1,
1991, meaning that petitioner's disorder was severe enough to
render him incapable of working.
In 1987, petitioner was working as a captain in the New York
City Department of Corrections and was assigned to Riker's
Island. On March 6, 1989, he applied for ordinary disability
retirement under the New York City Employees' Retirement System
on the basis that he was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder. On June 8, 1989, he appeared before the Medical Board
of the New York City Employees' Retirement System for an
evaluation of his application for ordinary disability. The
Medical Board Report included the reports of several physicians
who diagnosed petitioner as suffering from Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder. On October 20, 1989, the Board of Trustees of the
Employees' Retirement System accepted the recommendations of the
Medical Board and granted petitioner's application for ordinary
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