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years of creditable service may be retired by the Board of Trustees, not
less than thirty and not more than ninety days next following the date of
filing such application, on a disability retirement allowance, provided that
the Medical Board, after a medical examination of such member, shall cer-
tify that such member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the fur-
ther performance of duty, that such incapacity is likely to be permanent,
and that such member should be retired.
Allowance on Disability Retirement.
(4) Upon retirement for disability a member shall receive a service
retirement allowance if he has attained age 60, otherwise he shall receive
a disability retirement allowance which shall consist of:
(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumu-
lated contributions at the time of retirement; and
(b) A pension which, together with his annuity, shall provide a total
retirement allowance equal to ninety per centum of one-seventieth of his
average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of his
creditable service, if such retirement allowance exceeds one-quarter of his
average final compensation; otherwise a pension which, together with his
annuity, shall provide a total retirement allowance equal to one-quarter of
his average final compensation, provided, however, that no such allowance
shall exceed ninety per centum of one-seventieth of his average final com-
pensation multiplied by the number of years which would be creditable
to him were his service to continue until the attainment of age 60.
Re-Examination of Beneficiaries Retired on Account of Disability.
(5) Once each year during the first five years following retirement of a
member on a disability retirement allowance, and once in every three-year
period, thereafter, the Board of Trustees may, and upon his application
shall, require any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained age 60
to undergo a medical examination, such examination to be made at the
place of residence of said beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon,
by a physician or physicians designated by the Board of Trustees. Should
any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained the age of 60 refuse to
submit to at least one medical examination in any such year by a physician
or physicians designated by the Board of Trustees, his allowance may be
discontinued until his withdrawal of such refusal, and should his refusal
continue for one year, all his rights in and to his pension may be revoked
by the Board of Trustees.
(a) Should the Medical Board report and certify to the Board of
Trustees that such disability beneficiary is engaged in or is able to engage
in a gainful occupation paying more than the difference between his
retirement allowance and his average final compensation, and should the
Board of Trustees concur in such report then the amount of his pension
shall be reduced to an amount which together with his annuity and the
amount earnable by him, shall equal the amount of his average final com-
pensation. Should his earning capacity be later changed, the amount of
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