If you become disabled, physically or mentally, from performing your job duties, you may apply for disability retirement regardless of your age. If you are eligible and the Board of Retirement finds you are permanently incapacitated, you may receive a disability retirement benefit.

There are two types of disability retirement:

1. 
   If you are permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, from performing your job duties and your incapacity is the result of a job-related injury, illness or disease, you may be eligible for a service-connected disability retirement benefit regardless of your age or length of service.
2. 
   If you are permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, from performing your job duties due to a permanent injury, illness or disease which is not job related, you may be eligible for a nonservice-connected disability retirement benefit. To receive a benefit, you must have at least five years of SDCERA retirement service credit or a combination of SDCERA/reciprocal retirement service credit.

To read more about the application and review process, as well as how disability benefits are calculated, click the Disability Retirement fact sheet and/or Disability Retirement Guide.

Contact SDCERA, at 619.515.6800, to request a disability retirement packet.