Minnesota offers a cautionary tale of increasing PTSD disabilities, says columnist Mark Patinkin. In Central Falls, 49 of 108 police and fire retirees are on disability – 45%. In Johnston, it's 75%.

PROVIDENCE − A Coventry firefighter has struck out in the first test case of Rhode Island's controversial new law allowing firefighters with high blood pressure or heart conditions to retire with ...

An NYPD officer debilitated by COVID and unable to work again won’t get a line-of-duty disability pension because of disagreement at the Police Pension Fund over how to handle such cases. Although the ...

About 24% of pensions paid to police and firefighters by the state-run pension system are disability pensions, raising concerns about cost. Recent changes have made it easier for retired first ...

A former Tenafly police officer who retired in 2022 due to complications from long COVID has won an appeal that will recognize his disability was due to his illness and thus increases his monthly ...

Top Connecticut state officials — including the governor, legislative leaders and those overseeing the retirement system — vowed to make a series of sweeping reforms to address glaring loopholes in ...

Mark Stewart, the recently retired NYPD deputy commissioner for community affairs, has been awarded a lucrative ¾ disability pension, the Daily News has learned – following a similarly generous ...

Did our AI summary help? In a judgment that may shape future cases involving military disability pensions, the Supreme Court has rejected a former Army personnel’s appeal for compensation over a brain ...