Section 52.10. Effective date of duty disability benefits.

 

(1)   Department to establish. The department shall establish an effective date for duty disability benefits for each participant whose application for duty disability benefits is granted. Duty disability benefits are not retroactive. The effective date for duty disability benefits is the later of:

(a) The date the participant's application form was received, as determined under s. ETF 52.06 (2) , ignoring any previous applications.

(b) The participant's qualifying date.

(2)  If an applicant filed a document with the former department of industry, labor and human relations prior to May 3, 1988, seeking a determination of eligibility for duty disability benefits the department will treat the earliest document filed with respect to each claim as the application form regardless of the document title, including without limitation a request for a hearing or a stipulation between the employer and participant agreeing to the participant's receipt of duty disability benefits.

Cr. Register, September, 1998, No. 513 , eff. 10-1-98.