Acceptable and Unacceptable Proofs of Permanent and Total Disability
Physician’s Certificate: Acceptable.
on physical disability must include a certificate signed by a
physician. An application based on mental disability must
include a certificate signed by a physician or a psychologist
licensed to practice in Ohio.
nor certified nurse practitioner is considered a “physician”
for purposes of the Homestead Law.
Social Security Administration (SSA):
form indicating that an applicant is “disabled” is acceptable.
The SSA only gives disability benefits to those who are per
manently and totally disabled.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
service-connected disability or veterans who are receiving
100% compensation for service-connected disabilities follow
ing a determination of individual unemployability should file
DTE form 105I and submit the documentation indicated by
that application. If a veteran does not qualify as an eligible
disabled veteran, but meets the definition found in R.C.
323.151(D) (provided at the top of this form), the veteran
must have a doctor or qualifying psychologist complete this
form. No VA documentation reflects the statutory definition
of permanent and total disability in R.C. 323.151(D).
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB):
of disability pensions: (1) total and permanent disability and
(2) occupational disability. Only the “permanent and total
disability” pension is acceptable.
Bureau of Workers Compensation:
“permanent and total disability” is acceptable. Other de
terminations, such as “permanent and partial disability”
“temporary and total disability,” and “temporary and partial
State Retirement Systems:
Not acceptable. The Public
Employees Retirement System (PERS), the State Teachers
Retirement System and the School Employees Retirement
System (SERS), do not certify
While the State Highway Patrol Retirement System (HPRS)
and the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund
(PFDPF) do certify individuals to be “permanently and totally
disabled” these determinations are job-specific and do not
rule out the possibility of other substantially remunerative