N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 363-ff: Firefighter certain impairments of health; presumption

§ 363-ff. Firefighter certain impairments of health; presumption.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary,

any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's Disease,

resulting in total or partial disability or death to a paid firefighter,

who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into firefighter

service, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such

condition, shall be presumptive evidence that, unless the contrary be

proven by competent evidence, such disability or death (a) was caused by

the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by such

firefighter's own willful negligence, and (b) was sustained in the

performance and discharge of duty.