What best defines ill-health early retirement?

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What best defines ill-health early retirement?

Ill-health early retirement means you can stop work and start drawing pension before your normal retirement age because you are ill, and the pension is enhanced or more favorable than a standard early retirement, subject to medical evidence and the scheme’s rules. This combination—early access due to ill health plus an enhanced benefit—is what defines the concept. The other statements describe retiring after the normal age, voluntary early retirement with reduced benefits, or pension increases for health alone, none of which capture the ill-health-driven, enhanced-benefit aspect before normal retirement age.

Ill-health early retirement means you can stop work and start drawing pension before your normal retirement age because you are ill, and the pension is enhanced or more favorable than a standard early retirement, subject to medical evidence and the scheme’s rules. This combination—early access due to ill health plus an enhanced benefit—is what defines the concept. The other statements describe retiring after the normal age, voluntary early retirement with reduced benefits, or pension increases for health alone, none of which capture the ill-health-driven, enhanced-benefit aspect before normal retirement age.

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