Alabama § 45-57A-62.16 - Temporary Disabilities; Benefits.

Whenever the board determines that a firefighter or policeman has become temporarily disabled, mentally or physically, as a result of an injury received in the performance of duty, the disabled firefighter or policeman shall be paid monthly, out of the fund, during the period of his or her disability, a sum equal to 60 percent of the monthly compensation he or she was receiving from the city at the time he or she became disabled. But any benefits payable upon this section shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount, if any, which the beneficiary receives from the city as salary during disability. The board shall be the sole judge of the extent and cause of any disability and of the time the disability ceases to exist; determinations of the board in those regards shall be final. In the event the board determines that the disability is or has become permanent, the disabled person shall be retired, his or her name shall be placed upon the pension roll, and he or she shall be paid monthly the benefits payable under this section.