21.1. Entitlement to Benefits. Any member with ten (10) or more years of credited service who experiences total and permanent disability resulting in the inability to perform in the service of the City and/or in a termination of employment by the City shall be entitled to a benefit commencing at Disability Retirement Date computed in the manner set forth in Section 19.1 of this Plan.

21.2. Waiver of Service Requirement. The ten (10) or more years of service requirement contained in Section 21.1 shall be waived in the case of a member whose total and permanent disability is found by the Disability Assessment Committee to be the natural and proximate result of a personal injury or disease arising out of and in the course of his actual performance of duty in the employ of the City.

21.3. Disability Retirement Date. Shall mean the date upon the member’s written application or the date upon which the application is approved by the disability assessment committee or the retirement board or upon the application of his department head, filed with the Executive Secretary or, if later, the date upon which a member has exhausted any sick leave, vacation time and compensation time standing to the member’s credit.

21.4. Minimum Benefit. In the event that a member has less than seven (7) years and six (6) months of credited service in determining his benefit in the manner set forth in Section 19.1 of this Plan, his credited service shall be increased to seven (7) years and six (6) months.

21.5.  Benefit Limitation. The monthly benefit payable to a disability retiree during his workmen’s compensation period shall not exceed the difference between his final monthly compensation as determined at the date of his disability and his monthly workmen’s compensation award, if any.

21.6. Termination of Workmen’s Compensation. Upon termination of a disability retiree’s workmen’s compensation period, if any, he shall be given credited service for the said period and his disability benefit shall be recomputed in the manner set forth in Section 19.1 of this Plan to include such additional credited service.