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Retirement Systems Alert:

Disability Retirement - Employees'

Members who are actively employed and become disabled may be eligible for a Disability Retirement benefit.

There are 2 categories of Disability Retirement benefits:

1. Ordinary Disability - for disabilities that are not job-related.

2. Service-Connected Disability - for disabilities that are job-related.

Each of these will be explained in the sections that follow.

Ordinary Disability Retirement

You may be retired on a non-service-connected disability retirement if you become totally disabled but it is not due to a job-related accident or illness or if it is due to your own negligence. No disability benefits are provided for partial non-service-connected disabilities.

When approved for an Ordinary Disability retirement benefit, those benefits are calculated as follows:

Plans A and B

2.8% x Final Average Salary x Years of Service x 1.03
the minimum benefit is 10% of Average Final Salary

 

Plan C

2.8% x Final Average Salary x Years of Service
the minimum benefit is 10% of Average Final Salary

To begin the process of applying for disability retirement, first contact the Retirement Systems Office in one of the following ways:

  • Call 703-279-8200
  • Email retirementquestions@fairfaxcounty.gov
  • Visit the Retirement Systems office during walkin office hours - between 11:00am and 2:00pm every business day.

The application form is available at this link.

Police Disability application

The process for applying for disability retirement is complex, with many steps. So we strongly urge any member considering disability retirement to contact staff in the Retirement Systems office first. To do so:

  • Call 703-279-8200
  • Email retirementquestions@fairfaxcounty.gov
  • Visit the Retirement Systems office during walkin office hours - between 11:00am and 2:00pm every business day.

To receive any of the 2 types of Disability Retirement benefits available to Police Officers Retirement System members, the member must apply and have their application approved by the Board of Trustees. It is a multi-step process, as is summarized below.

Staff and the Board fully understand the need for urgency in these matters and aim to complete action on disability applications as soon as possible. How long it will take is dependent upon the complexity of the individual's case, how

...
More information about the disability process

Service-Connected Retirement

You may be retired on a service-connected disability retirement if you become disabled due to a job-related accident or illness.  

There are two categories of service-connected disability:

  1. Total Disability
  2. Partial Disability

When approved for a Service-Connected Disability retirement benefit, those benefits are calculated as follows:

66 2/3% of the Salary Received by the Member at the Time of the Accident or Injury

If the member is receiving a workers compensation benefit, then the amount the receive for Service-Connected Disability will be offset (reduced) by the payment they are receiving in workers compensation benefits. When the member's workers compensation benefit ends, the offset (reduction) will be stopped and they will receive the full Service-Connected Disability benefit.

To begin the process of applying for disability retirement, first contact the Retirement Systems Office in one of the following ways:

  • Call 703-279-8200
  • Email retirementquestions@fairfaxcounty.gov
  • Visit the Retirement Systems office during walkin office hours - between 11:00am and 2:00pm every business day.

The application form is available at this link.

Police Disability application

The process for applying for disability retirement is complex, with many steps. So we strongly urge any member considering disability retirement to contact staff in the Retirement Systems office first. To do so:

  • Call 703-279-8200
  • Email retirementquestions@fairfaxcounty.gov
  • Visit the Retirement Systems office during walkin office hours - between 11:00am and 2:00pm every business day.

To receive any of the 2 types of Disability Retirement benefits available to Police Officers Retirement System members, the member must apply and have their application approved by the Board of Trustees. It is a multi-step process, as is summarized below.

Staff and the Board fully understand the need for urgency in these matters and aim to complete action on disability applications as soon as possible. How long it will take is dependent upon the complexity of the individual's case, how

...
More information about the disability process

Disability Retirement Manual

Employees' Retirement System: Disability Manual

Disability Retirement Application Form - Employees'

Disability Retirement Application Form - Employees'

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