Kriegsopferversorgung

As an impaired person (so-called damaged person), you will receive, upon application, curative treatment for health damage that has been recognized as a consequence of an injury or has been caused by a recognized consequence of an injury.

As a disabled person, you are entitled to treatment for recognized health problems. If you are severely disabled, benefits will also be granted for non-medical conditions if and to the extent that they are not otherwise provided (e.g. through membership of the statutory health insurance scheme); under the same conditions, the family members and caregivers of severely disabled persons and all surviving dependents may claim medical treatment.

The type and scope of benefits generally correspond to those of the statutory health insurance.

The medical treatment includes

• Outpatient medical and dental treatment,
• Supply of medicines and dressings,
• provision of remedies including physiotherapy, exercise therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy as well as spectacle lenses and contact lenses
• Supply of dental prostheses,
• Treatment in a hospital (hospital treatment),
• treatment in a rehabilitation facility,
• home health care,
• Supply of assistive devices,
• Stress testing and occupational therapy,
• non-medical social pediatric services,
• psychotherapy as medical and psychotherapeutic treatment and sociotherapy.

• Application (informal application possible)
• Certificate of recognition as a disabled person or severely disabled person
• Insurance card of the health insurance company
• Certificate on the consequences of damage from the pension authority

• Health disorders that have been recognized as a consequence of an injury or have been caused by a recognized consequence of an injury (causality)

If only consequences of injury are treated, no co-payments or deductibles may be charged.

Benefits for curative and medical treatment are generally provided upon application. The following benefits are provided directly by the competent pension office and must be applied for there:

• Dentures
• Aids
• Exercise therapy
• Speech therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Stress testing
• Occupational therapy
• bathing cures,
• substitute services,
• physical exercises for the disabled,
• lump sum for clothing and linen wear and tear

• All other benefits are provided by the health insurance fund for the care administration.
• If an eligible person is not a member of a health insurance fund, he/she may apply to a statutory health insurance fund of his/her choice.

As a rule, curative treatment is provided immediately. Certain benefits (e.g. orthopedic care, dental prostheses) are subject to an approval procedure and should therefore be applied for in good time.

Benefits are provided only upon application.

• Application in the context of social compensation law
• Damaged persons are entitled to curative treatment for recognized health disorders. Severely disabled persons are also granted treatment for conditions unrelated to their care, if and insofar as this is not otherwise provided (e.g. through membership of the statutory health insurance scheme); under the same conditions, the family members and caregivers of severely disabled persons, as well as all surviving dependents, may claim health treatment.
• The nature and scope of the benefits generally correspond to those of the statutory health insurance.
• The locally responsible pension authorities in the individual states are responsible for the implementation

Contact the Thuringian State Administration Office, Dept. VI - Supply and Integration.

• Informal application is possible
• Forms can be requested from the competent authority according to the respective state law or are already available on the homepage.