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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 585<\/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":59629,"section_number":"51.1-152","catch_line":"Limitations on average final compensation","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-152\/"},{"id":55144,"section_number":"51.1-156","catch_line":"Disability retirement","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-156\/"},{"id":72932,"section_number":"51.1-157","catch_line":"Disability retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-157\/"},{"id":71977,"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":58084,"section_number":"51.1-216","catch_line":"Service retirement generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-216\/"},{"id":81012,"section_number":"51.1-217","catch_line":"Service retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-217\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235989,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79980,"identifier":"51.1-220","token":"51.1\/2.1\/51.1-220","url":"\/51.1-220\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-220\/","token":"51.1\/2.1\/51.1-220","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disability benefit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-220","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 51.1-216<\/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 51.1-217<\/a> less any reduction in allowance required by subsection C of \u00a7 51.1-157<\/a> or by \u00a7 51.1-158<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISABILITY BENEFIT (\u00a7 51.1-220)\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 51.1-216 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 51.1-217 less\nany reduction in allowance required by subsection C of \u00a7 51.1-157 or by \u00a7\n51.1-158.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 585.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}