Subsequent Disability If, after you file for a disabling condition, you have a subsequent disability, it may or may not be considered a new claim. To determine if a subsequent disability is a new claim, Benefits Administration Services will consider the date that the second disability occurred and whether the two conditions are related to each other. If it is a new claim, you will serve a new waiting period (see Waiting Period). If it is considered the same claim, you will not serve an additional waiting period. Time accumulated under both the original and any subsequent disability periods will be added together, and applied toward your one-year maximum length of benefits. If you have a subsequent disability, talk with your personnel officer about how your particular situation will affect your benefits.

DISQUALIFYING CONDITIONS