Social Security Report

Q & A

What is the difference financially between discontinued service retirement and disability retirement? I am 55 with 25 years of service under FERS. My high-3 is as a GS11-07.

Answer: As a discontinued service retiree, you’d receive 25 percent of your high-3. As a disability annuitant, you’d receive 60 percent of your high-3, minus 100 percent of any Social Security disability benefit for which you qualified.

Source: Reg Jones, FederalTimes.com – December 12, 2013