Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8820 – Amount of duty-connected disability pension
(a) The duty-connected total disability pension shall by 75% of final average compensation plus 10% of final average compensation for each dependent during the period of dependency, not to exceed a total of 25% of final average compensation for all dependents.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8820
- Board: shall mean the Board of Pension Trustees established by § 8308 of Title 29. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8801
- Compensation: shall mean all salary or wages, excluding overtime payments and special payments for extra duties, payable to a member for service. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8801
- Credited service: shall mean , for any member:
- Final average compensation: shall mean 1/3 6 of the compensation paid to an employee during any period of 36 consecutive months for services rendered during those 36 months, in the years of credited service in which the compensation was highest. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8801
- Fund: shall mean the Fund established by § 8843 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8801
- Partial disability: shall mean a medically determined physical or mental impairment which renders the member unable to function as a police officer and which is reasonably expected to last at least 12 months. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8801
- Total disability: shall mean a medically determined physical or mental impairment which renders the member totally unable to work in any occupation for which the member is reasonably suited by training or experience, which is reasonably expected to last at least 12 months. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8801
(b) The duty-connected partial disability pension shall be computed in the same manner as the service pension based on credited service accrued to the date of disability, subject to a minimum of 50% of final average compensation.
(c) Medical costs made necessary by reason of duty-connected disability which are in excess of those amounts paid by any health care coverage or worker’s compensation shall be paid by the Fund. Payments under this subsection will be paid upon the filing of a claim in a form prescribed by the Board.
64 Del. Laws, c. 445, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 133, §§ ?2, 3;