Firefighters and police officers may be eligible for an accidental disability retirement benefit if you are permanently disabled because you contracted HIV (where there may have been exposure to bodily fluids that may have involved the transmission of this disease), tuberculosis or hepatitis after contact with members of the public.

Firefighters who are permanently disabled by heart disease or lung disease, but who passed a physical examination upon entry to firefighting service that did not reveal evidence of the disabling condition, may be eligible for an accidental or performance of duty disability retirement benefit.

Firefighters who are permanently disabled by certain types of cancer that include melanoma or a condition of cancer affecting the lymphatic, digestive, hematological, urinary, neurological, breast, reproductive, or prostate systems, but who passed a physical examination upon entry to firefighting service that did not reveal evidence of the disabling condition, may be eligible for an accidental or performance of duty disability retirement benefit. Your application(s) must be submitted while you are in service or within five years of your discontinuance from service.

Firefighters who are permanently disabled due to a health condition related to Parkinson's Disease, but who passed a physical examination upon entry to firefighting service that did not reveal evidence of the disabling condition, may be eligible for an accidental or performance of duty disability retirement benefit.

Police officers who are permanently disabled by heart disease, and who passed a physical examination upon entry to police service that did not reveal any evidence of disease or other impairment of the heart, may be eligible for an accidental or performance of duty disability retirement benefit. To claim heart disease, you must file your application while in service.