CIVIL SERVICE DISABILITIES

 

New York City Police Department

 

NYPD 3/4 Accidental Disability

We provide UMOS, a free consultation for pension. No legal fees are paid for the administrative processing of your application, unless you are awarded your 3/4 tax-free pension.

Administrative Code 13-252 states that when "...such member is physically or mentally incapacitated from city-service as a natural and proximate result of an accidental injury received in such city-service, while a member, and that such disability was not the result of willful negligence on the part of such member..." that member is entitled to a tax-free lifetime pension benefit equal to 75% of the members final average salary.

Not all "On the Job" injuries qualify. Your line of duty injury report should include:

  1. a complete listing of all body parts affected;
  2. a listing of all witnesses to your injury;
  3. the medical attention you received; and
  4. the accidental nature of your injury (this component is critical, improperly completed reports are often a basis for denial.)

 

New York City Fire Department

 

FDNY 3/4 Accidental Disability

We provide members a free consultation for pension. No legal fees are paid for the administrative processing of your application, unless you are awarded your 3/4 tax-free pension.

Administrative Code 13-353 states that when "...such member is physically or mentally incapacitated from city-service as a natural and proximate result of an accidental injury received in such city-service, while a member, and that such disability was not the result of willful negligence on the part of such member..." that member is entitled to a tax-free lifetime pension benefit equal to 75% of the members final average salary.

Not all "On the Job" injuries qualify. Your CD-72 injury report should include:

  1. a complete listing of all body parts affected;
  2. a listing of all witnesses to your injury;
  3. the medical attention you received; and
  4. the accidental nature of your injury (this component is critical, improperly completed reports are often a basis for denial.)

New York City Department of Sanitation

 

 

DSNY 3/4 Accidental Disability

We provide members a free consultation for pension. No legal fees are paid for the administrative processing of your application, unless you are awarded your 3/4 tax-free pension.

NYS Retirement and Social Security Law 605-b states that when a member "... is determined by NYCERS to be physically or mentally incapacitated from performance of duty as a natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by his or her own willful negligence in the performance of such uniformed sanitation service..." that member is entitled to a tax-free lifetime pension benefit equal to 75% of the member's final average salary.

Not all "On the Job" injuries qualify. Your LODI injury report should include:

  1. a complete listing of all body parts affected;
  2. a listing of all witnesses to your injury;
  3. the medical attention you received; and
  4. the accidental nature of your injury (this component is critical, improperly completed reports are often a basis for denial.)

New York City Department of Correction

 

 

DOC 3/4 Accidental Disability

We provide members a free consultation for pension and Social Security disability matters. No legal fees are paid for the administrative processing of your application, unless you are awarded your 3/4 tax-free pension or Social Security disability benefit.

NYS Retirement and Social Security Law  507-c states that a member "... who becomes physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duties as the natural and proximate result of an injury, sustained in the performance or discharge of his or her duties by, or as a natural and proximate result of, an act of any inmate..." shall be paid a performance of duty disability retirement allowance equal to three-quarters of final average salary."

Not all "On the Job" injuries qualify. Your injury report should include:

  1. a complete listing of all body parts affected;
  2. a listing of all witnesses to your injury;
  3. the medical attention you received; and
  4. the accidental nature of your injury (this component is critical, improperly completed reports are often a basis for denial.

Presumptive Bill Disabilities

3/4 Disability

We provide members a free consultation for pension matters. No legal fees are paid for the administrative processing of your application, unless you are awarded your 3/4 tax-free pension.

World Trade Center Bill, Cancer Bill, Lung Bill, Heart Bill, Stroke Bill and the Infectious Disease Bill.

Not all conditions qualify. Your application must establish:

  1. A qualifying condition;
  2. A disabling condition;
  3. In some cases, a requisite participation, pre-condition or exposure; and
  4. No evidence sufficient to rebut the presumption of work causation.

EMT Performance-of-Duty Disability

3/4 Disability

We provide members a free consultation for pension matters. No legal fees are paid for the administrative processing of your application, unless you are awarded your 3/4 tax-free pension.

NYS Retirement and Social Security Law 607-b states that a member "... who is employed by the city of New York or by the New York city health and hospital corporation in the position of emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician, as those terms are defined in section three thousand one of the public health law, who, on or after March seventeenth, nineteen hundred ninety-six, becomes physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duties as the natural and proximate result of an injury, sustained in the performance or discharge of his or her duties shall ..." shall be paid a performance of duty disability retirement allowance equal to three-quarters of final average salary.

Not all "On the Job" injuries qualify. Your injury report should include:

  1. a complete listing of all body parts affected;
  2. a listing of all witnesses to your injury;
  3. the medical attention you received; and
  4. the fact that your injury was incurred in the performance and discharge of your duties (this component is critical, improperly completed reports are often a basis for denial.

To protect your future, continue to treat and document your disability, even if you return to work. Call The Ungaro & Cifuni law firm at (212) 766-5800 for free advice before you complete your line of duty injury report or your disability application.