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Section 3 <br /> Disability Benefits <br /> 3.01 Eligibility for Disability Benefit. Effective for active Firefighters who are determined to <br /> be disabled on or after the Effective Date, an active Firefighter will qualify for a <br /> disability allowance if he becomes disabled for either physical or mental reasons <br /> (except as the result of a condition the Firefighter had on the date he became an <br /> employee Firefighter) before the Firefighter attains Normal Retirement Date. The <br /> Firefighter need only be disabled to the extent of being unable to perform the duties <br /> of his occupation to be entitled to benefits; however, he will not be entitled to receive <br /> any disability allowance if the disability is a result of: <br /> a. Excessive and habitual use by the Firefighter of drugs, intoxicants, or narcotics; <br /> b. Injury or disease sustained by the Firefighter while willfully and illegally <br /> participating in fights, riots, civil insurrections, or while committing a criminal <br /> act; <br /> c. Injury or disease sustained by the Firefighter while serving in any armed forces; <br /> d. Injury or disease sustained by the Firefighter diagnosed or discovered <br /> subsequent to the date his employment has terminated; <br /> e. Injury or disease sustained by the Firefighter as a result of an act of war, <br /> whether or not such act arises from a formally declared state of war; or <br /> f. Any attempt at suicide while sane or insane, or by injuries intentionally self- <br /> inflicted. <br /> 3.02 Payment of Disability Allowance. The disability benefit will commence after expiration <br /> of all of the Firefighter's annual leave and sick leave. The disability benefit will continue <br /> thereafter for as long as the Firefighter remains disabled as defined above. <br /> 3.03 Amount of Disability Allowance. The monthly disability allowance of a Firefighter will <br /> be equal to $100 per month. <br /> 3.04 Termination, Reduction or Reinstatement of Disability Benefit. The Board of Trustees <br /> shall have the power to continue, to terminate, to reduce or to reinstate a Firefighter's <br /> disability benefits subject to the following constraints: <br /> a. During the first one and one-half (1'/z) years, the Board of Trustees may <br /> terminate the Firefighter's disability benefit if the Firefighter recovers to the <br /> extent that he is able to perform the duties of his job as a Firefighter; <br /> b. After the disabled Firefighter has received disability benefits from the Plan for <br /> at least one and one-half (lYz) years, the Board of Trustees may review the <br /> situation of the disabled Firefighter to determine the status of his disability. If <br /> the Firefighter has recovered to the extent he is able to perform the duties of <br /> any occupation for which he is reasonably suited by education, training and <br /> experience; <br /> c. The Board of Trustees shall have the power to reinstate any disability benefit <br /> which has been previously terminated or reduced provided the disabled <br /> 4 <br />