New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits

Notice of this meeting has been provided through the annual notice of the schedule of regular meetings of the Board filed with and prominently posted in the offices of the Secretary of State. The 2008 annual meeting schedule was mailed to the Secretary of State, Star Ledger and the Trenton Times on November 28, 2007.

(A) When necessary, the Board shall adopt Resolution A to go into closed session to consider individuals’ disability applications, which states:

In accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-13, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees go into closed session for purposes of discussing matters pertaining to disability retirement which involves material involving personal medical and health records, data, reports and recommendations relating to specific individuals, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(3). Those matters are confidential unless expressly waived by the individual involved.

Accidental Disability

.	MEMBER'S NAME AND NO.	EMPLOYER	EFFECTIVE DATE	OPT	ACCIDENT DATE	TP	DR	TE	DECISION
E-1	Rudolph, Napoleon	Richard Stockton College of NJ	11/06	D	9/7/04 9/23/05	Y Y	N Y	T T	Tabled for statement of witness
E-2	Arthurs, Kathleen	Office of Education	9/07	A	10/22/02	Y	Y	Y	Approved
E-3	Gangemi, Michele	DYFS	1/08	5	9/28/06	Y	N	Y	Denied Accidental; Grant Ordinary; pre-existing
E-4	Dennis, Debra	Rutgers University	9/07	A	4/20/06	Y	N	N	Denied Accidental; Grant Ordinary; not identifiable as to time/place; not undesigned and unexpected; not caused by external circumstance (no specific incident)
E-5	Doukas, George	Trenton City	10/07	C	7/5/06	Y	N	N	Denied Accidental; Grant Ordinary; not external; pre-existing
E-6	Rodriguez, Monserrate	Atlantic City	5/06	5	6/4/04	N	N	Y	Reconsidered and Reaffirm denial of Accidental; Offer Deferred

	MEMBERS NAME AND NO.	EMPLOYER	EFFECTIVE DATE	OPT	ACCIDENT DATE	TP	DR	TE	DECISION
E-7	Akuffo, Helen	Trenton Psych	9/07	5	10/10/05	Y	N	N	Denied Accidental; Only eligible for withdrawal (less than 10 years); not caused by external circumstance; pre-existing
E-8	Ugorji, Anastasia	Trenton Psych	4/07	D	2/15/04	Y	N	N	Denied Accidental; Offer Service (less than 10 years); not caused by external circumstance; pre-existing
E-9	Hubbard, Ralph	Springfield BOE	7/07	5	12/16/98	T	T	T	Tabled for clarification for off payroll over 2 years
E-10	Olivera, Lydia	UMDNJ	5/07	1	4/10/04	Y	Y	Y	Approved
E-11	Crumbley, Gregory	Trenton Housing Auth	6/07	D	2/13/06	Y	T	T	Tabled Accidental for new IME; Continue Ordinary
E-12	Mauger, Charles, Jr.	Berlin Twp School Dist	10/07	A	9/19/05	Y	N	N	Denied Accidental; Grant Ordinary; not caused by external circumstance; pre-existing
E-13	Foxworth, Greta	NJ Military and Veteran Affairs	3/07	5	12/16/05	Y	Y	Y	Approved
E-14	Rutkowski, John	Garfield BOE	1/07	5	2/14/00 6/28/00 1/7/03 4/30/03 10/4/04 10/28/05 11/3/05 3/8/06	Y	Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y	N Y N N Y N N N	Denied Accidental; Grant Ordinary (pending purchase) 2/14/00 – not undesigned and unexpected; not external 1/7/03 – not during and as a result of work duties 4/30/03 and 10/28/05 – no official documentation 11/03/05 and 3/8/06 not external, no physical component 2/14/00 and 6/28/00 no delayed manifestation

	MEMBER'S NAME AND NO.	EMPLOYER	EFFECTIVE DATE	OPT	ACCIDENT DATE	TP	DR	TE	DECISION
E-15	Alford, Pecola	New Lisbon Develop Center	5/07	5	1/9/06 12/27/06	NA N	NA N	NA Y	Denied Accidental; Offer Service (not enrolled in PERS until 1/21/06, so not eligible to file on incident of 1/9/06)

	T/P =	a) Permanently and totally disabled, mentally or physically, from performing the regular assigned work duties; AND b) Permanently and totally disabled, mentally or physically, from performing any other available job duties.
	D/R =	The disability is not the result of a pre-existing disease that is aggravated or accelerated by the work.
	T/E =	A work-connected incident that is: a) Identifiable as to time and place; b) undesigned and unexpected; and c) caused by a circumstance external to the member.