A. Eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority of the board of trustees to modify disability benefits, and procedures governing the restoration to active service of an employee who formerly had a disability are specifically described and provided for in R.S. 11:201 through 224.
B. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board. Upon retirement caused by disability, the disability benefit shall be determined as provided in Paragraph (1) or Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whichever is less:
(1) An amount equal to the accrual rate specified in R.S. 11:1632 or R.S. 11:1633, whichever is applicable, multiplied by the years of creditable service; however, for computation purposes the number of years shall not be considered to be less than fifteen.
(2) The retirement benefit which would be payable assuming continued service to the age of sixty years using applicable computation factors. In no event shall the benefit exceed one hundred percent of the member's average final compensation.