If a claimant receives social security disability or retirement benefits, the carrier may reduce non-medical benefits by 50% of the social security award. This rule does not apply to permanent partial disability benefits, or to permanent total disability benefits based on disability before age 45. (Section 8-42-103(1) (c), C.R.S.).
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