His turning age 50 did not convert his disability pension to a regular pension.
In 1983, with just over 18 years of service he was granted a disability pension.
Last year, the City of Philadelphia granted him a disability pension, according to a city government protocol.
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After retiring from the NYPD with a disability pension, Leonard started getting calls from people needing investigations and surveillance.
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, over 100, 000 of these receive disability compensation or pension payments from the federal government.
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There is no excuse for complacency, as Munnell also points out, since the prosperity of the '90s will affect only the pension and disability funds.
Dozens of former players are now pressing the NFL and the players union for more pension and disability money, saying their football injuries have crippled them.
To obtain an accurate reconciliation between the DoD and DVA as to the correct pay and allowance entitlement to be paid by the military services to their reserve forces and the proper pension or disability compensation to be paid to, or waived by, certain veterans in the reserve forces.
"I made it clear this would apply to all claimants in work and out of work, and would cover all benefits other than disability payments and the basic state pension, " he told me.
Today, all the money he receives from his early pension, Social Security and disability pays for his nursing home.
He wants to get permanent disability, essentially a medical retirement with a pension and lifetime health insurance for him and his family.
The disability payments are tax-exempt, whereas a regular pension would be taxable.
Union officials accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of removing the obligation for a new employer to provide a pension, and warned that potential buyers may want to make redundancies based on an individual's disability.
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