Ermittlung der Hilflosigkeit und der Stufen der Pflegezulage für Kriegsopfer

If you are helpless as a result of an injury, you can apply for a monthly care allowance.

If you are helpless as a result of an injury, you can apply for a monthly care allowance.

Helplessness is assumed, for example, in the case of these health disorders recognized as consequences of injury:

• Blindness and severe visual impairment
• Paraplegia and other disabilities that require the permanent and constant use of a wheelchair, including within the home
• Brain damage, seizure disorders, mental disability and psychoses, if these health disorders alone result in a degree of impairment (GdS) of 100
• Loss of two or more limbs, excluding amputation of the lower leg or foot on both sides

The principles set out in the Versorgungsmedizin-Verordnung (VersMedV) apply to the determination of helplessness and the levels of care allowance.

You are deemed to be helpless if you require permanent external assistance for a series of frequently and regularly recurring activities to ensure your personal existence.

This also applies if:

• the assistance is required in the form of supervision or guidance

or

• the assistance does not have to be provided on a permanent basis, but constant readiness to provide assistance is required.

• Documents to determine helplessness (expert opinion from the medical service of the health/nursing care insurance fund, if available)

• Helplessness must be present

None

The assessment of whether and, if so, to what extent a disability-related helplessness exists is usually carried out by means of a medical assessment (possibly as part of a home visit).

A decision on the application will be taken as soon as possible. The processing time depends, among other things, on the completeness of the documents required for the application decision.

Benefits are provided on request.

• Determination when applying for a care allowance in the context of social compensation law
• Injured persons who are helpless as a result of the injury can apply for a monthly care allowance.
• The principles set out in the VersorgungsmedizinVerordnung (VersMedV) are decisive for determining helplessness and the levels of care allowance.
• The local pension authorities in the individual federal states are responsible for implementation

Brandenburg State Office for Social Affairs and Care (LASV).