If, as a soldier, you have suffered a health impairment that is recognised as the result of a military service injury, you may receive benefits from the compensation scheme.

During military service, monthly compensation is paid depending on the degree of the consequences of the injury.
If a soldier dies as a result of a military service injury, the parents may receive a death grant if they were living in the same household as the person at the time of death and no creditable benefits were granted.

After leaving military service, care may be provided upon application.

The benefits may be paid in cash or in kind and include, depending on the degree of injury assessed:

• non-income-related benefits such as basic pension, care allowance, severely disabled person's allowance and clothing allowance, and, where appropriate
• income-related benefits such as compensatory pension, spouse's supplement and occupational injury compensation.

Benefits may also be payable to widows and widowers, surviving partners, orphans and orphans, and surviving parents if the soldier dies as a result of the military service injury.

In addition to the benefits already mentioned, you may also be entitled to:

• medical treatment
• payment of the costs of nursing care and institutional care as a result of your injury
• orthopaedic care
• welfare benefits (war victims' welfare)
• death and burial benefits

These benefits begin at the earliest when you leave the Bundeswehr.

In addition, compensation may be paid for material damage to clothing or items normally carried in the event of an accident during military service.

If a recognised military service injury causes exceptional wear and tear to clothing or linen, a monthly lump sum will be paid. If blindness is recognised as a military service injury, a monthly amount will be paid for the maintenance of a guide dog and as an allowance for external guidance.