DISABILITY BENEFITS

NON-DUTY DISABILITY . . .

A member is eligible for a non-duty disability benefit if he has at least five years of credited service and becomes totally and permanently disabled, from non-occupational causes, to perform the job he was doing with the member subdivision. The monthly benefit would be computed in the same manner as a normal retirement, based upon salary and service to the time of disability with no reduction for age.

The temporary allowance payable under the LT-4(62), LT-5(62) and LT-8(62) (benefit plans to age 62) or LT-4(65), LT-5(65), LT-8(65), and LT-I4(65) (benefit plans payable to age 65) does not apply to disability allowances.

DUTY DISABILITY. . .

If a member becomes totally and permanently disabled from job-related causes, he or she may be eligible for a duty-disability benefit regardless of the amount of credited service. His or her benefit would be calculated in the same manner as a normal retirement using the final average salary to the time of disability and credited service he or she would have had at age 60.

In the event a member becomes totally, but not permanently disabled from performing his job because of a job-related injury and begins receiving worker's compensation, he or she will also receive credited service toward his LAGERS benefit while so disabled.

The temporary allowances payable under the LT (life and temporary) benefit plans do not apply to disability allowances.

There are several important considerations in dealing with both duty and non-duty disability pensions. Continuing medical examinations are required once per year for the first five years of the disability and once every three years thereafter (until normal retirement age) to verify that the disability still exists.

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