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SECTION 2-219.11. DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE- (A) UPON RETIREMENT FOR DISABILITY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 2-219.10 OF THIS CODE ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1975, A MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE MONTHLY TO HIM FOR LIFE DURING HIS CONTINUED DISABILITY COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH COINCIDING WITH OR NEXT FOLLOWING HIS DATE OF RETIREMENT, IN AN AMOUNT COMPUTED AS THE LARGER OF (1) AND (2) FOLLOWING: (1) THE EXCESS, IF ANY, OF TWO PERCENT OF THE MEMBER'S AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF HIS DISABILITY - CREDITED SERVICE, AS HEREIN DEFINED, OVER THE PRODUCT OF TWO AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF THE MEMBER'S ANNUAL PRIMARY SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT, MULTIPIED BY THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF HIS DISABILITY - CREDITED SERVICE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF TWENTY YEARS. (2) ONE AND THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRETHS PERCENT OF THE MEMBER'S AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION, MULTIPLIED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF YEARS OF HIS DISABILITY -CREDITED SERVICE. (B) AS USED IN SUBSECTION (A) ABOVE WITH RESPECT TO A MEMBER WHO RETIRES FOR DISABILITY ON OR AFTER THE AGE OF SIXTY, DISABILITY -CREDITED SERVICE MEANS THE MEMBER'S CREDITABLE SERVICE. WITH RESPECT TO A MEMBER WHO RETIRES FOR DISABILITY PRIOR TO THE AGE OF SIXTY, DISABILITY -CREDITED SERVICE MEANS THE SMALLER OF (1) TWICE THE MEMBER'S YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE, AND (2) THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE THE MEMBER WOULD HAVE COMPLETED AT AGE SIXTY, HAD HE REMAINED IN SERVICE TO SUCH AGE. (C) ANY ALLOWANCE PAYABLE TO A MEMBER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO SUCH MEMBER AS REQUIRED BY THE VIRGINIA WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, AND THE EXCESS OF SUCH ALLOWANCE OVER SUCH REQUIRED PAYMENTS, IF ANY, SHALL BE PAID TO SUCH MEMBER. WHEN THE TIME FOR PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION UNDER SUCH ACT SHALL BE ELAPSED, THE MEMBER SHALL THEREAFTER RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE ALLOWANCE PROVIDED BY SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION MONTHLY DURING HIS LIFETIME AND CONTINUED DISABILITY. SECTION 2-219.12. DISABILITY -ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF RECIPIENT; CESSATION OR REDUCTION OF ALLOWANCE. (A) THE COMMISSION MAY REQUIRE ANY BENEFICIARY OF A DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE UNDER THE PLAN TO UNDERGO A MEDICAL EXAMINATION BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS ONCE EACH YEAR PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE BENEFICIARY WOULD HAVE ATTAINED HIS NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE HAD HE REMAINED IN SERVICE. SHOULD SUCH A BENEFICIARY REFUSE TO SUBMIT TO ANY SUCH MEDICAL EXAMINATION, HIS RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE SHALL BE DISCONTINUED UNTIL HIS WITHDRAWAL OF SUCH REFUSAL CONTINUE FOR ONE YEAR, ALL HIS RIGHTS TO ANY FURTHER DISABILITY ALLOWANCE SHALL CEASE. (B) WHENEVER AS A RESULT OF AN EXAMINATION, AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (A) ABOVE, OF A BENEFICIARY OF A DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE, THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS CERTIFY TO THE COMMISSION THAT SUCH BENEFICIARY IS NO LONGER COMPLETELY INCAPACITED AND IS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY DUTIES REQUIRED OF HIS FORMER POSITION WITH THE CITY, AND/OR IF ANY SUCH BENEFICIARY SHOULD BE AGAIN IN SERVICE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO HIS NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE, THE DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OF SUCH BENEFICIARY SHALL CEASE AND HE SHALL AGAIN BECOME A MEMBER OF THE PLAN. ANY CREDITABLE SERVICE RENDERED BY THE MEMBER PRIOR TO HIS DATE OF DISABILITY SHALL THEREAFTER BE COUNTED AS CREDITABLE SERVICE, AND, IN ADDITION, THE PERIOD OF DISABILITY