OCERS Disability Retirement Attorneys
Only a very few California law firms are highly specialized in OCERS Retirement Disability cases. Our attorneys have successfully filed hundreds of OCERS disability retirement applications and appeals. Our skilled lawyers have obtained millions of dollars in OCERS disability retirement benefits. We respect the fact that you have devoted your life to public service – and we are here to help you get the OCERS retirement benefits you deserve.
Our lawyers have assisted hundreds of law enforcement, firefighters, educators, administrators, corrections workers, transportation employees and other public employees apply for disability retirement benefits – and successfully appeal disability retirement denials.
Call our OCERS attorneys today. Or fill out the quick form on the right for a consultation with an experienced OCERS Disability Retirement attorney.
OCERS Disability Retirement Facts
OCERS – Orange County Employee Retirement System – provides lifetime retirement and disability benefits to employees of Orange County, as well as certain districts.
Membership in OCERS is mandatory for all eligible employees – but it is optional for certain elected officials. It is also optional for new employees age 60 and over, if they waive membership. Since members of OCERS neither contribute toward, nor receive credit for, Social Security, collecting OCERS retirement (and disability retirement) benefits is extremely important to any OCERS member.
There are two types of retirement disability benefits payable from OCERS: Non-Service Connected Disability Retirement and Service Connected Disability Retirement.
Unfortunately, OCERS will frequently question or deny Disability Retirement Benefits. This can be a devastating blow to a disabled public employee who has devoted their life to public service – only to be denied their hard-earned disability retirement benefits.
Our experienced OCERS attorney have assisted hundreds of injured, ill or disabled firefighters, teachers, police & sheriff, administrators, transportation & airport workers, corrections personnel and other public employees collect the maximum Disability Retirement Benefits that they deserve.
OCERS Non-Service Connected
Disability Retirement Requirements
An OCERS employee is eligible for a Non-Service Connected Disability Retirement allowance if:
- They have five or more years of Service Credit; and,
- The OCERS Board of Retirement determines that they are permanently physically or mentally incapacitated from performing the usual and customary duties of any permanent assignment in their job classification; and,
- Their disability is not due to a job-related illness or injury.
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OCERS Service Connected
Disability Retirement Requirements
An OCERS employee is eligible for a Service Connected Disability Retirement allowance if:
- The Board of Retirement deems the employee is are permanently physically or mentally incapacitated from performing the usual and customary duties of any permanent assignment in their job classification; and,
- The incapacity arose out of, and in the course of their employment, and such employment contributed substantially to their being incapacitated.
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