The law requires that PERS periodically review your disability status in order for you to continue receiving disability payments. Please schedule routine visits with your treating physicians so that current information (within three months of your review date) will be available for your periodic review.
PERS will review your claim until you reach normal retirement age, at which time your disability benefit will stop. As part of the review, PERS will also contact the Oregon Employment Department to determine if you are working and may request a copy of your annual tax returns.
You must report to PERS any unemployment benefits received and report to the Employment Department your disability retirement allowance received from PERS. While receiving unemployment benefits, you must certify weekly that you are physically and mentally able to work, available for work, and actively seeking work. If this is the case, this may affect your eligibility for continuing disability retirement benefits, which requires that you be totally disabled and unable to perform any work for which you are qualified.