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Georgia

Coverage: Heart disease, Lung disease

Code Part: TITLE 47. RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS
CHAPTER 7. GEORGIA FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND
ARTICLE 6. RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES, DISABILITY BENEFITS, AND DEATH BENEFITS § 47-7-102. Eligibility for disability benefits; notice of injury; application for benefits; periodic medical examinations; termination of benefits; action contesting determination of board

Description: 47-7-102. (b) Any firefighter who, while a dues-paying member of this fund, is rendered, by heart disease or respiratory disease, totally and permanently disabled so as to be unable to perform substantially all of the duties of the position to which he was regularly assigned and who, as a result of such disability, is separated from his work as a firefighter shall be entitled to the maximum monthly disability benefit in effect on the date of the filing of his application for such benefit until his disability ceases or until the happening of one or more of the events set forth in subsection (f) of this Code section, provided that: (1) Such firefighter makes application to the board for such benefit within 12 months of the date on which he is separated from his employment as a firefighter as a result of such total and permanent disability; and (2) Such firefighter shall have been a member in good standing of the fund for five consecutive years immediately prior to his application for disability. Such benefit shall be payable from the beginning of the seventh calendar month after the date of disability or the date of application, whichever is later.

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