Communication and advice, daily allowance applications, paid benefits and daily allowance decisions, membership fee information, personal contact details
A disability pension can be granted to a person who has reached the age of 16 until he or she reaches the retirement age. A disability pension can only be granted to a person under the age of 20 if he or she has no access to vocational rehabilitation, or if his or her vocational rehabilitation has been interrupted due to illness or if his or her vocational rehabilitation has ended without success.
An incapacitated person is a person who, due to illness, defect or disability, is unable to perform his or her usual work or other comparable work that must be considered suitable for him or her and capable of providing a reasonable means of subsistence, taking into account his or her age, professional skills and other factors. If restoration of work ability is unlikely, disability pension is granted until further notice.
A disability pension granted for a fixed period is a rehabilitation benefit. If it can be assumed that work ability will return at some point, the rehabilitation allowance will be granted for a fixed period. A special treatment and rehabilitation programme is prepared for the recipient of the cash rehabilitation allowance, in which, taking into account education and work history, the aim is to find out what kind of work would be possible in the future.
A disability pension is always granted to a person who is permanently blind or immobile, as well as to a person who, due to illness, defect or disability, is permanently unable to manage without the help of another person.
A disability pension cannot be granted to a person who receives an early old-age pension.
