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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 889<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":367078,"section_number":"51.1-152","catch_line":"Limitations on average final compensation","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-152\/"},{"id":367084,"section_number":"51.1-156","catch_line":"Disability retirement","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-156\/"},{"id":367085,"section_number":"51.1-157","catch_line":"Disability retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-157\/"},{"id":367086,"section_number":"51.1-158","catch_line":"Reduction of benefits for acceptance of lump-sum settlement under Workers' Compensation Act","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-158\/"},{"id":367105,"section_number":"51.1-205","catch_line":"Service retirement generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-205\/"},{"id":367106,"section_number":"51.1-206","catch_line":"Service retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-206\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1462949,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367110,"identifier":"51.1-210","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-210","url":"\/51.1-210\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-210\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disability benefit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any member<\/span> in service who (i) is credited with at least twenty years of service in a hazardous duty position and (ii) meets the (a) requirements for a disability retirement allowance under \u00a7 51.1-156<\/a> and (b) minimum age requirements of \u00a7 51.1-205<\/a> may elect to receive the higher of the disability retirement allowance payable under Article 9 (\u00a7 51.1-152<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 1 of this title or the service retirement allowance payable under \u00a7 51.1-206<\/a> less any reduction in allowance required by subsection C of \u00a7 51.1-157<\/a> or \u00a7 51.1-158<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISABILITY BENEFIT (\u00a7 51.1-210)\n\nAny member in service who (i) is credited with at least twenty years of service\nin a hazardous duty position and (ii) meets the (a) requirements for a\ndisability retirement allowance under \u00a7 51.1-156 and (b) minimum age\nrequirements of \u00a7 51.1-205 may elect to receive the higher of the disability\nretirement allowance payable under Article 9 (\u00a7 51.1-152 et seq.) of Chapter 1\nof this title or the service retirement allowance payable under \u00a7 51.1-206 less\nany reduction in allowance required by subsection C of \u00a7 51.1-157 or \u00a7\n51.1-158.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 889.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}