Retirement > SERS > Disability Retirement
1. What does it mean to be disabled?
There are two different standards for determining if someone is “disabled” for retirement purposes.
A member of the State Employees Retirement System (SERS) is eligible to apply for a disability retirement if he or she is permanently unable to continue to perform the duties of the position in which he or she is employed.
After a disability retirement has lasted twenty-four months, the retiree may continue to receive disability retirement benefits if he or she is totally disabled from any suitable and comparable job.