Apply for care allowance for war victims
Description
As a damaged person who, as a result of their injury, is permanently dependent on outside help to regulate your daily routine, you are considered helpless.
As a helpless damaged person, you can apply for a monthly care allowance.
The amount of the care allowance depends on the extent of the necessary care. It is divided into six stages.
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Stage I: 305,00 Euro (from 01.07.17: 311 Euro)
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Stage II: 521,00 Euro (from 01.07.17: 531 Euro)
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Stage III: 741 ,00 Euro (from 01.07.17: 755Euro)
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Stage IV: 951,00 Euro (from 01.07.17: 969 Euro)
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Stage V: 1.235,00 Euro (from 01.07.17: 1.258 Euro)
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Stage VI: 1.519,00 Euro (from 01.07.17: 1.548 Euro)
The classification is checked individually for each case.
Blind people receive at least Level III.
Helplessness
- The injured are helpless when they need permanent help from others for a series of frequently and regularly recurring activities to secure their personal existence in the course of each day.
These requirements are also fulfilled if:
- the assistance in the form of monitoring or guidance is required, or
- although the assistance does not have to be provided permanently, a constant willingness to provide assistance is required.
Helplessness is assumed in the following diseases:
- for blindness and severe visual impairment
- Paraplegia and other disabilities that require the use of a wheelchair permanently and permanently - even within the living space
- for brain damage, seizure disorders, mental retardation and psychosis, if these disabilities alone cause a GdS of 100
- Loss of two or more limbs, excluding lower leg or foot amputation on both sides
- Documents for the determination of helplessness (medical certificate)
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Contact the pension office in the state administration office in Halle (Saale).
You will receive the application form from the competent authority.
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
16.10.2013
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
