Eligibility Determination Eligibility for the Police Officers and Firefighters' retirement benefits is determined by the Police and Firefighters Retirement and Relief Board (the "Relief Board"). This adjudication board under the DC Office of Personnel is responsible for establishing eligibility for regular and disability pensions, including the determination of degree of impairment and the percentage of disability of each applicant. Similarly, the authority for eligibility determinations for the Teachers' retirement benefits, are vested with the Board of Education. Once eligibility has been established by the applicable adjudicating authority, the Office of Pay and Retirement Services, under the DC Office of Financial Operations and Systems, calculates the retirement benefits amount, adds the annuitant to the retirement rolls, maintains the appropriate records, and thereafter authorizes monthly payments regularly from assets transferred monthly by the Retirement Board until the beneficiary becomes ineligible or is deceased.