Kriegsopferfürsorge Gewährung für Hinterbliebene

Section 25 paragraph 1 of the Federal Pensions Act (BVG)
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If you are granted care as a surviving dependent under the Federal Welfare Act or in accordance with this law, you can receive additional welfare benefits as special assistance in individual cases.

Please note: The following information is based on the provisions of the Federal Social Security Act, which has since expired. Similar benefits are now provided under Book XIV of the Social Code (SGB XIV). We will be able to provide you with more detailed information on this shortly. Until then, please contact the office listed at the bottom of this page with any related concerns.

Survivors who are granted (or are likely to be granted) benefits under the Federal Welfare Act or in the corresponding application of this act, for example, under the Soldiers' Welfare Act, the Civilian Service Act, the Prisoners' Assistance Act, the Infection Protection Act, the Act on Compensation for Victims of Violent Crimes, or the Criminal Rehabilitation Act, can also receive assistance under war victims' welfare. The prerequisite is that, due to the loss of a spouse, parent, child, or grandchild, the surviving dependents are unable to cover the recognized needs from the other benefits under the aforementioned laws and from their other income and assets. Whether and to what extent income is to be taken into account depends on different and individual income limits. However, the use of income and assets can be waived in certain cases. In addition to personal assistance, benefits in kind, one-off and ongoing allowances, and loans are possible. Debts are generally not assumed. The main welfare offices and welfare offices are responsible for war victims' welfare. War victims' welfare is part of social compensation law. It is named so in reference to the largest group of beneficiaries, but encompasses all welfare benefits under social compensation law. It is regulated in Sections 25 to 27j of the Federal Welfare Act and serves to supplement the other benefits of the Federal Welfare Act with special assistance in individual cases. Therefore, a prerequisite for the granting of benefits is recognition of a benefit entitlement by the war victims' welfare provider. The benefits include benefits for participation in working life, medical assistance, assistance with nursing care, assistance with continuing to run a household, assistance for the elderly, childcare allowance, supplementary assistance with subsistence, recreation assistance, housing assistance, and assistance in special life circumstances.

In order to receive welfare benefits from social compensation, the following requirements must be met:

• Recognition of a pension entitlement by the pension administration
• neediness (economic causality)
• Previous application

There are no costs or fees for processing the application

War victim welfare benefits are generally provided upon application.

A decision will be made on the application as soon as possible. The processing time depends, among other things, on the completeness of the information and the submission of the evidence required for processing the application.

Services are only provided upon request.

If you are granted care under the Federal Pensions Act or in the corresponding application of this law, you can receive supplementary welfare benefits as special assistance in individual cases.

Authority for Labor, Health, Social Affairs, Family and Integration