disability annuities

disability annuities Sec. 507. Section 831 of such Act is amended— (1) in subsection (a) thereof by striking out “that is credited in accordance with provisions of section 851 or 852(a)(2)”; (2) in subsection (c) thereof by striking out “(a)” following “section 841”; (3) by amending subsection (d) thereof to read as follows: “(d) No participant shall be entitled to receive an annuity under this Act and compensation for injury or disability to himself or herself under subchapter I of chapter 81, title 5, United States Code, covering the same period of time except that a participant, may simultaneously receive both an annuity under this section and scheduled disability payments under section 8107 of title 5, United States Code. This provision shall not bar the, right of any claimant to the greater benefit conferred by either this Act or such subchapter for any part of the same period of time. Neither this provision nor any provision of such subchapter shall be, so construed as to deny the right of any participant to receive an annuity under this Act and to receive concurrently any payment under such subchapter by reason of the death of any other person” and (4) in subsection (e) thereof by striking out “section 14 of the Act of September 16, 1916, as amended” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 8135 of title 5, United States Code”.