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Disability Benefits
Ordinary Disability Benefits
Any member in service who has ten or more years of creditable service may be retired by the Board on an ordinary disability retirement allowance; provided, that the physician retained by the Board, after a medical examination of such member, shall certify that such a member is mentally or physically, totally incapacitated for the further performance of duty, not as a result of an accident, in the actual performance of duty and is likely to be permanent, and that such member should be retired.
Upon retirement, for an ordinary disability, a member is entitled to receive a retirement allowance paid in monthly installments of the greater of:
(I) 90 percent of the product of 3%, 2.25%, 2.5%, and/or 2.75% of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service; or
(II) 30 percent of the member’s average final compensation.
The ordinary disability is not eligible for a return of accumulated contributions, optional allowances or survivorship benefits
Benefit Summary
Active Members
Service-Incurred Disability Benefit:
Any member who becomes totally and permanently incapacitated for duty as a result of tuberculosis, hypertension, or heart disease (which was not an existing condition at the time of employment) would be eligible for an immediate benefit payable for his/her lifetime.
Upon retirement for a service-incurred disability, a member shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance paid in monthly installments of the greater of:
(I) 90 percent of the product of 3%, 2.25%, 2.5%, and/or 2.75% of the member’s average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service; or
(II) 40 percent of the member’s average final compensation.
This disability is not eligible for a return of accumulated contributions, optional allowances or survivorship benefits.
For creditable service earned on or before 9/30/2010, the multiplier is 3%.
Accidental Disability Benefit:
A member in service who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty as a result of an accident occurring while in the performance of his/her duty would be eligible for an immediate benefit payable for his/her lifetime.
Upon retirement for accidental disability, a member is entitled to receive a pension which is equal to 66 2/3 percent of the greater of the member’s average final compensation or the compensation in the year immediately preceding the disability. This disability is not eligible for a return of accumulated contributions or optional allowances. Upon death, 40 percent of that benefit would continue to be paid to the surviving spouse for the lifetime of such spouse.