Opinion ID: 182845
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Heading: Barton's Retirement from the Fire Department

Text: In 2004, after Barton suffered a work-related back injury, the Chief of the Fire Department filed an application for involuntary retirement with the Lynn Retirement Board asking that Barton be retired because he was unable to perform his job now and in the future. The Lynn Retirement Board approved the application, concluding, based on findings from a medical panel that examined Barton, that he was physically incapable of performing the essential duties of his job and that said incapacity is likely to be permanent. The Lynn Retirement Board granted Barton an accidental disability retirement pension. Although Barton's back injury renders him physically unable to perform his job as a firefighter, it does not prevent him from doing other kinds of jobs, and he is physically able to work as a basketball coach.