Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-432 (2026)

Disability retirement: Application; continuance; calculation of income. Reconsideration

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(a) Any member shall be eligible for disability retirement and for a disability retirement allowance who has completed at least ten years of continuous service if such member becomes permanently and totally disabled from rendering service in the position in which such member has been employed.

(b) In order to obtain a retirement allowance under this section, a member shall apply in writing for such allowance to the medical examining board established pursuant to subsection (c) of section 5-169, not later than one year after incurring the disability. The disability retirement allowance may be made retroactive to the date of the last day of municipal service.

(c) If such disability is shown to the satisfaction of the medical examining board to have arisen out of and in the course of such member's employment by the municipality, as defined by the Workers' Compensation Act, the member shall be eligible for retirement irrespective of the duration of his employment. Such retirement allowance shall continue during the period of such disability.

(d) After twenty-four months, the existence and continuance of disability shall be determined by the medical examining board upon such medical evidence and other documentation as it requires, demonstrating that such member is totally disabled from rendering service in the position in which such member has been employed in the service of the municipality.

(e) If the disabled retiree becomes disabled after January 1, 2013, and is not working, the total income he receives cannot exceed eighty per cent of the higher of his average salary or his salary at the time of disability. Such eighty per cent limitation shall be the combined income from the Municipal Employee Retirement System; Social Security disability payments, including payments to the individual's spouse and children; and temporary total or temporary partial benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act.

(f) If the disabled retiree becomes disabled after January 1, 2013, and is working, the total income he receives cannot exceed one hundred per cent of the higher of his average salary or his salary at the time of disability. The one hundred per cent limitation shall be the combined income from the Municipal Employee Retirement System; Social Security disability payments, including payments to the individual's spouse and children; temporary total or temporary partial benefits under the Workers' Compensation system and his gross income from outside employment.

(g) No reconsideration of a decision concerning eligibility for a disability retirement allowance or the discontinuance of such allowance shall be made by the medical examining board unless a member, upon application to the medical examining board for a redetermination, discloses additional facts concerning the member's condition.

(h) Retirement income being paid for disability retirement shall end when and if the disability ends. Such member shall then retire at normal or early retirement age, if eligible, or retain a vested right to a deferred pension, if otherwise eligible.

(1949 Rev., S. 888; P.A. 79-376, S. 11; P.A. 11-251, S. 2; P.A. 13-247, S. 385.)

History: P.A. 79-376 substituted “workers' compensation” for “workmen's compensation”; P.A. 11-251 defined “gainful employment” to exclude positions of less than 20 hours per week, effective July 13, 2011, and applicable to members who retire on or after January 1, 2000; P.A. 13-247 designated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a), (c) and (d), amended Subsec. (a) to delete definition of “gainful employment” and replace reference to defined term with “rendering service in the position in which such member has been employed”, added Subsec. (b) re application for retirement allowance, amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) to replace references to Retirement Commission with references to medical examining board, amended Subsec. (d) to add provision re documentation demonstrating member is totally disabled, to delete provision prohibiting payment for disability caused by wilful misconduct or intoxication and to delete provision re retroactive payment to date pay ended, added Subsec. (e) re retirees disabled after January 1, 2013, and not working and calculation of income, added Subsec. (f) re retirees disabled after January 1, 2013, and working and calculation of income, added Subsec. (g) re reconsideration of eligibility decision, added Subsec. (h) re end of payment for disability retirement, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2013.

Cited. 144 C. 322.

Cited. 12 CA 138.

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Secs. 7-433 and 7-433a. Disability or death of firemen or policemen caused by hypertension or heart disease. Sections 7-433 and 7-433a are repealed.

(1951, 1953, 1955, S. 407d; 1959, P.A. 366; 1961, P.A. 330, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 770, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 380, S. 1; P.A. 92-81, S. 2, 3.)

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1987–2020 · leading case: Maturo v. State Employees Ret. Comm'n, 162 A.3d 706 (Conn. 2017).

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Maturo v. State Employees Ret. Comm'n, 162 A.3d 706 (Conn. 2017). · cites it 15× “Specifically, he argued that (1) General Statutes § 7-432, which authorizes disability pensions, does not allow the retirement services division to suspend a member's pension unless the commission's medical examining board first finds that the member is no longer disabled…”

Lodge v. Arett Sales Corp., 717 A.2d 215 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 4× “See General Statutes §§ 7-432 and 7-433b (providing disability and death benefits in addition to *581 workers’ compensation for firefighters injured in course of employment).”

Ciarlelli v. TOWN OF HAMDEN, 8 A.3d 1093 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 4× “This means that claims under § 7-433c are subject to a statute of limitations determined by reference to other provisions for disability benefits under title 7 of the General Statutes, such as General Statutes § 7-432, which provides that a claim for a retirement allowance due…”

Sepega v. DeLaura Concurrence, 167 A.3d 916 (Conn. 2017). · cites it 2× “Indeed, the court emphasized that firefighters "have been compensated for their risk by society as a whole by way of workers' compensation as well as other statutory benefits provided to injured firefighters" under General Statutes §§ 7-432 and 7-433b, meaning that "[t]o impose…”

Vitti v. Allstate Ins., 713 A.2d 1269 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 2× “For example, he refers to laws providing disability benefits for probate judges; General Statutes § 45a-40; municipal workers; General Statutes § 7-432; bank officers and directors; General Statutes § 36a-100; schoolteachers; General Statutes § 10-183aa; state police officers;…”

Hill v. State Employees Ret. Comm'n, 851 A.2d 320 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes §§ 7-432 and 45a-40. The commission further held that the medical board had exclusive jurisdiction to determine eligibility for disability retirement pensions even when the issue raised by the applicant for pension benefits did not contest a medical finding.”

Hollister v. Thomas, 955 A.2d 1212 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes §§ 7-432 and 7-433b (providing disability and death benefits in addition to workers’ compensation for firefighters injured in course of employment).”

Lundgren v. Town of Stratford, 530 A.2d 183 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes §§ 7-432, 31-308, 31-310.”

Brown v. Off. of the State Comptroller (D. Conn. 2020). · cites it 8× “In particular, until 2013, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-432 (a) allowed retirement benefits to municipal employees who had completed at least ten years of continuous service and became “permanently and totally disabled from engaging in any gainful employment in the service of the…”

— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-432(a) — 1 case

Brown v. Off. of the State Comptroller (D. Conn. 2020). “In particular, until 2013, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-432 (a) allowed retirement benefits to municipal employees who had completed at least ten years of continuous service and became “permanently and totally disabled from engaging in any gainful employment in the service of the…”

— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-432(g) — 1 case

Maturo v. State Employees Ret. Comm'n, 162 A.3d 706 (Conn. 2017). “Specifically, he argued that (1) General Statutes § 7-432, which authorizes disability pensions, does not allow the retirement services division to suspend a member's pension unless the commission's medical examining board first finds that the member is no longer disabled…”

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