§ 11 — Temporary partial disability benefits

§ 11. Temporary partial disability benefits. In the case of temporary\npartial disability the volunteer firefighter shall be paid for each week\nduring the continuance thereof, as follows:\n 1. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is seventy-five per\ncentum, or greater, he or she shall be paid ninety-five dollars for each\nweek, provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured\nin the line of duty on or after January first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-eight to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred\neighty-three, such payment shall be one hundred five dollars for each\nweek, provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured\nin the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-three to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred\neighty-four, such payment shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars for\neach week, provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is\ninjured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-four to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred\neighty-five, such payment shall be one hundred thirty-five dollars for\neach week, provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is\ninjured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-five to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety\nsuch payment shall be one hundred fifty dollars for each week, provided,\nhowever, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of\nduty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety to and including\nJune thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-one such payment shall be two\nhundred eighty dollars for each week, provided, however, that when the\nvolunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July\nfirst, nineteen hundred ninety-one to and including June thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred ninety-two such payment shall be three hundred fifty\ndollars for each week, provided, however, that when the volunteer\nfirefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-two such payment shall be four hundred dollars\nfor each week;\n 2. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is fifty per centum,\nor greater, but less than seventy-five per centum, he or she shall be\npaid sixty-three dollars and thirty-three cents for each week, provided,\nhowever, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of\nduty on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight to and\nincluding June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-three, such payment\nshall be seventy dollars for each week, provided, however, that when the\nvolunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-three to and including June thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred eighty-four, such payment shall be eighty-three dollars\nand thirty-three cents for each week, provided, however, that when the\nvolunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-four to and including June thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred eighty-five, such payment shall be ninety dollars for\neach week, provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is\ninjured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-five to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety\nsuch payment shall be one hundred dollars for each week, provided,\nhowever, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of\nduty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety to and including\nJune thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-one such payment shall be one\nhundred eighty-six dollars and seventy-six cents for each week,\nprovided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the\nline of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one to and\nincluding June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two such payment shall\nbe two hundred thirty-four dollars and fifty cents for each week,\nprovided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the\nline of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two such\npayment shall be two hundred sixty-eight dollars for each week;\n 3. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is twenty-five per\ncentum, or greater, but less than fifty per centum, he shall be paid\nthirty dollars for each week;\n 4. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is less than\ntwenty-five per centum, he or she shall not be paid any weekly benefit.\nTemporary partial disability, within the meaning of this section, shall\nexist only if the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter has been\ntemporarily and partially lost as the result of the injury. The workers'\ncompensation board shall determine the degree of such disability and\nsuch board may reconsider such degree on its own motion or upon\napplication of any party in interest.\n