to such benefits is a contractual right, derived from the terms of the employment contract”). See also Colorado Springs Fire Fighters Ass’n v. City of Colorado Springs, 784 P.2d 766, 770 (Colo.1989) (“Rights which accrue under a pension plan are contractual obligations which are protected under article II, section 11, of the Colorado Constitution and article I, section 10, of the United States Constitu-tion_ [P]ension plans promote important public policy considerations because they are structured ‘to reward efficiency, to encourage officers to remain in the service, and to give assurance of a decent living upon retirement....’”) (quoting Kirschwing v. O’Donnell, 120 Colo. 125, 129, 207 P.2d 819, 821 (1949)); Peterson v. Fire and Police Pension Ass’n, 759 P.2d 720, 725 (Colo.1988) (<HOLDING>). Thus, regardless of the fact that Denver was
holding that credit for social security old age and survivor benefits does not also include credit for federal disability benefits recognizing that prior to the death of a police officer or firefighter there is limited vesting of survivor benefits under the plan holding that the district court is limited to considering the administrative record in reviewing the denial of benefits under an erisa plan holding that a payment is under the plan when the debt is provided for in the plan holding that a limitation that prevented one from becoming a firefighter or even a firefighter and associated municipal paramedic or emt backup firefighter only affects a narrow range of jobs 