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Apply for benefits under the Federal Pension Act (BVG)

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Benefits under the Federal Pension Act are granted on application to persons whose health has been impaired as a result of war, military or military-like service. 

The health and economic consequences of this injury can be taken into account: 


  • Compensation pensions 
    The amount of the pension depends on the type and severity of the health and economic consequences of the injury. In addition to the income-independent basic pension, other income-independent benefits, such as the allowance for severely disabled persons, are also available. care allowance, lump sum for clothing and laundry wear, as well as income-dependent benefits such as occupational injury compensation and compensatory pension, depending on the circumstances.
  • Survivors' pensions 
    A widow's pension or widow's allowance can be granted. This includes the basic pension as well as the income-related compensation pension and compensation for damages. In addition, a care allowance can be granted if the widow of an injured person with a care allowance according to level II has cared for them for more than 10 years during the marriage.
  • Orphan's pension/orphan's allowance 
    In addition to the basic pension, an income-related equalization pension is possible.
  • Parents' pension 
    Parents' pensions are generally income-related
  • Medical and health treatment benefits 
    This includes medical and dental treatment, hospital treatment, the provision of orthopaedic aids and cures.
  • War victims' welfare 
    War victims and war survivors are entitled to war victims' welfare benefits, which include, in particular, vocational rehabilitation assistance, recuperation assistance, supplementary subsistence assistance, assistance for the elderly and sickness benefits.
								    

									    Requirements
An entitlement under the BVG (Federal Pension Act) only applies to persons from the 1st and 2nd World Wars: 


  • injured soldiers
  • Widows and orphans of the fallen
  • War victims among the civilian population

War victims' welfare benefits are paid to entitled persons under the BVG if they are unable to cover their existing needs from their own income and assets as a result of the injury or loss of their main breadwinner.  

Group of persons: 


  • Injured persons who receive a disabled person's pension and occupational injury compensation or a care allowance.
  • Severely disabled persons (50% degree of injury) who have reached the age of 60
  • Surviving dependants who are fully disabled or unable to work or have reached the age of 60
  • Other beneficiaries

Exclusion: Soldiers' Pension Act: Soldiers' Pension Office in Düsseldorf, at the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Personnel Management - Compensation for Injured Persons - Wilhelm-Raabe-Straße 46, 40470 Düsseldorf 

Exclusion: NVA (National People's Army)': Responsibility in Wilhelmshaven, at the Unfallkasse Bund und Bahn, Weserstraße 47, 26382 Wilhelmshaven