§88-80  Allowance on retirement forservice-connected disability.  Upon retirement for service-connecteddisability, a member shall receive the amount of the member's accumulatedcontributions and a maximum retirement allowance that shall consist of fiftyper cent of the member's average final compensation. [L 1963, c 127, §9; Supp,§6-47.1; HRS §88-70; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1998, c 151,§7; am L 2005, c 58, §9]

 

Case Notes

 

  If employee totally incapacitated by a service-connectedaccident, employee should be awarded total disability benefits though employeemay have been incapacitated by superimposed subsequent condition; test fortotal incapacitation; "odd-lot" doctrine not applicable todetermination of total incapacitation.  66 H. 304, 660 P.2d 36.

  In three year reevaluation of disability, board must considerwhether service-connected accident causes employee to be totally incapacitatedfor employment.  4 H. App. 526, 669 P.2d 638.