This matter is before the Court on the motion of Petitioner Elizabeth Perkins, and with
the consent of Respondent, to remand this matter to the State Budget and Control Board, South
Carolina Retirement Systems, for reconsideration, without prejudice to either party to seek a
contested hearing following the agency’s decision on reconsideration. The grounds for this
motion are that Petitioner’s condition is continuing to develop and she is scheduled for further
surgery on May 4, 2005. Respondent has agreed to reconsider Petitioner’s application for
disability retirement benefits following the May 4, 2005 surgery.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that this matter
should be, and hereby is, remanded to the State Budget and Control Board, South Carolina
Retirement Systems, for reconsideration. This remand is without prejudice to either party to
seek a contested hearing following the agency’s decision on reconsideration. Should the case be
contested again, it shall return to the Court’s docket and all discovery previously conducted and
filings previously made shall be effective as if the case had not been remanded.
Witness by hand and seal this 28th day of April 2005.
s/John D. Geathers____________
JOHN D. GEATHERS
Administrative Law Judge
