By St. Albans I assume you refer to St. Albans Naval Hospital in Queens, New York, nowadays a Veterans Administration facility.
Your best starting point is to obtain your father-in-law's complete military service record which may include details of his medical records. Those records, or other parts of the service record, may indicate an incident that led to his disability.
It would be better if the request for his records came from your husband or a sibling of your husband, as next-of-kin to your father-in-law. Not all records are available to persons such as yourself who are not next-of-kin; medical records may be among those that would be restricted.
Please see this page from the Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website that I manage: http://armed-guard.com/searchmil.html. In particular see section A.1. Records of Individuals - U.S. Military. It will be necessary to contact the National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records, in St. Louis, MO. Provide as much identifying information as possible.
Good luck.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com
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