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Pg. 5 • ante of such beneficiary shall cease and he or she shall again become a member of the plan. Any creditable service rendered by the member prior to his the date of disability shall thereafter be counted as creditable service, and, in addition, the period of disability retirement shall be counted as creditable service. (c) Whenever the-eemmssssen-aseertesns-that-anq-bene€sesarq-e€- a-d#sobs}stq-retsrement-a}}e�aanee-ss-be€ere-hss-norma}-retsre�nent date-engaged-sn-e�asnfe}-eeenpatsen-er-work-bxt a disability retirement allowance is terminated under subsection (b) of this section but the commission determines that the beneficiary remains partially disabled to the extent that he or she is still incapable of performing the usual and customary duties of his or her former position with the city;-the-eenunssssen-mop-rednee-sueh-bene€sesarpls-a}}ewenee-bq-np-te bnt-net-mere-then-€sftq-pereent-theree€-end-snob-redaetsen-sha}}-re2nasn 4n-e££eet-se-}eng-es-the-bene£#eserp-ss-enggaged-sn-grin€n}-eeenpetsen- er-work;-preysded;-heweeer;-that-open-snob-bene£sesarq-attesnsng-hss- ssxtq-€s€th-bsrthdaq;-the-redrsetsen-sha}}-be-rostered: and that his or her earnings capacity has been reduced by such partial disability, such beneficiary shall be awarded a partial disability benefit in place of the terminated disability allowance. Such partial disability benefit shall be governed in every respect by section 20-29.1 of • this Code, as though it had been awarded initially in lieu of a disability retirement allowance and shall commence immediately upon termination of the retirement allowance. (d) Whenever, as a result of an examination of a beneficiary of a partial disability benefit as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the medical examiners certify to the commission that there has been a significant improvement in the beneficiary's medical condition or a significant deterioration related to the same disabili for which the disability retirement allowance or partial disability benefit was initially awarded, and the commission determines that the_ earnings capacity of the beneficiary has changed, the commission shall increase, decrease or terminate such benficiary's partial disability benefit, as appropriate. (e) Notw 20-29, 20-29.1 decision to cr i the contrary in sections 20-28 or this section of this Code, the ant, deny or terminate a disabilit ommission • s retirement allowance or to grant, deny, terminate, increase or decrease a partial dis- ability benefit need never be based solely on reports of the medical examiners. The commission may also consider reports of vocational rehabilitation counselors, financial evidence, the testimony of lay • and expert witnesses, whether the candidate or beneficiary is receivi disability benefits under the Virginia Workmen's Compensation Act and ssi the to submit at annual intervals