Military service is an activity that is characterized by special health risks. Therefore, our legislation provides for special conditions for the maintenance of persons with disabilities who have lost their health in the performance of their combat missions.
Key Points
Disability pensioners consider pensions to retirees appointed due to disability due to the performance of certain duties. Its main characteristics:
- Collateral from the federal budget or the Pension Fund.
- Appointment to persons who are recognized as disabled by the military medical commission.
- Functioning is limited until the disability is lifted, as well as until a person reaches the retirement age established by law.
Disability pension for servicemen has significant differences for civilians from labor:
- The state pays insurance premiums for the military, not the employer.
- It is not the earnings that are taken into account, but the monthly monetary allowances of the military personnel.
A common feature for these two types of state support for people with disabilities is the dependence of benefits directly on seniority or length of service. The more a person worked, the higher will be his maintenance due to loss of health. It is important to note that military disability pension is assigned to conscripts and contract soldiers according to various methods.
Who should be?
Many people are interested in how to apply for disability pension for military personnel, is everyone entitled to it? The legislation contains a list of persons to whom state security should be provided. In particular, they include:
- Citizens who held officer posts, or served as warrant officers, warrant officers, and privates in various bodies. For example, in the state guard of the Russian Federation, border troops, in foreign intelligence, in the internal affairs bodies or in the prosecutor's office, in the structure of the tax police, in the fire service or in the drug trafficking control system.
- Military personnel of other countries having relevant agreements with Russia.
- Persons who served in other states, in the absence of an agreement between the parties.
- Military personnel of the period of the USSR.
It is important to note that, for health reasons, retirement benefits are prescribed by law No. 166 for health reasons.
Conditions for awarding disability pension to military personnel
Legislation defines cases in which soldiers from the state are entitled to preferential maintenance. It is prescribed to people who have lost their health:
- Due to a military injury, such as a wound.
- As a result of the ailment that arose during the service.
The following conditions determine the options for identifying diseases that lead to the assignment of disability pension payments to conscript military personnel:
- Disability was prescribed during the service period.
- A similar condition occurred in a person within three months of its completion.
- The reason for the appointment of disability was injury without regard to time.
Categories of persons with disabilities
As a rule, people are divided into categories of recipients of state military maintenance. The attribution of a person to a particular group is made dependent on the causes of disability for health:
- Persons who have received disabilities due to military trauma while defending their homeland. For example, concussion, mutilation, injury, another kind of disease or capture.
- Citizens whose state of health suffered due to circumstances that are not related to the performance of military duty (but directly during the service).
It is important to note that the causes of disability are established by the military medical commission. There are three categories of disability:
- The first two include retirees who have completely lost the ability to work. These are those who need outside care. As well as individuals who are able to take care of themselves.
- The third group includes people who have partially lost their ability to work.
What will be required to grant a pension to a disability soldier?
Reevaluation
The state of disability is fixed for a certain period or indefinitely. In the first case, the papers indicate the date of the next survey. If persistent negative changes in the state of health are detected, disability is extended. When health workers establish an improvement, the group can change to a lighter one or be canceled altogether. It is important to emphasize the fact that military state maintenance is paid for health reasons only during periods of disability.
Pensions: contract and fixed-term services
The disability pension for military personnel directly depends on the type of service and the reason for the disability. It is calculated:
- For conscripts, depending on the size of the social pension (SP).
- For contractors from monthly monetary allowance (UDD).
The table below shows the size of the disability pension for military personnel.
Employee category | Group | Appointment due to injury | Prescription due to illness |
Emergency service | 1 | 300% social pension (SP) | 250% social pension |
| 2 | 250% | 200% |
| 3 | 175% | 150% |
Contract service | 1 | 85% of the monthly cash allowance (UDD) | 75% of the monthly cash allowance |
| 2 | 85% | 75% |
| 3 | 50% | 40% |
Now much is being clarified. I must say that the minimum values of the disability pension for military personnel under the contract, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other ministries, including those set for people with low salaries. It is worth giving an example:
- A soldier related to military service was injured while performing military duty in May 2017.
- Medical and social expertise established him the first group.
- He was commissioned from the army.
- He applied for the appointment of retirement benefits and provided all the required papers.
- On the basis of Article No. 15, the citizen was assigned state maintenance in the amount of 300% of the social pension. I must say that since April 2017 its size has been 5030 rubles. From now on, a soldier will receive monthly: 5030 x 300%, that is, 15100 rubles.
When can a military disability pension increase?
Payout increase
In certain examples, legally for retired military people make various supplements to the content of the pension. These include:
- 100% social pension upon reaching the eightieth birthday.
- When a pensioner has dependents, the allowance directly depends on their quantity: by 32% for one person, 64% for two people, and 100% for three or more.
- Following the establishment of the inflation rate by the Government, indexation of the social pension for the past period is carried out.
Honored retirees make certain surcharges, namely:
- The payment is doubled when a citizen is assigned one of the titles: the hero of Russia, the USSR or this person is awarded the Order of Glory.
- 50% is added for the titles of “Hero of Social Labor” and “Hero of Labor of Russia”.
It is important to note that the above allowances are applied separately. That is, citizens are increased payments for each order. In addition, district coefficients for residents of the North and equivalent regions are applied to the profitability of retired military personnel based on current legislation.
Accrual and payment procedure: documentation
Issues related to military pensions due to loss of health are dealt with:
- Pension fund when a conscript is drawn.
- The relevant state structure (ministry), under whose leadership the disabled person previously served.
An application should be submitted to the department in the prescribed form, applying the following papers to it: a copy of a military ID, passport and certificate confirming the assignment of disability. You will also need the originals in the form of the conclusion of the VMK and other documents that are relevant, for example, about the presence of any dependents.
Documents can be submitted in person, by mail or through the MFC, and, in addition, through the personal account of a citizen on the official Internet resource of the Pension Fund. In addition, it is necessary to inform the body that has assigned the state disability pension to the military personnel on time about changes in the case.
Accrual procedure: how are payments made?
Material content for former warriors is listed for the current period every month. The form for receiving funds is chosen by them independently:
- By postal order.
- Through a bank transaction (i.e. to an account or to a card).
- Through the services of an enterprise that has a license for the delivery of funds (only for former conscripts).
In the event that the recipient is recognized as able-bodied, then payments cease in the month of signing the paper confirming the restoration of health.
Pension payments: renewal and suspension of maintenance
Issues on the payment of pensions to servicemen who have received disabilities in cases of passes of re-examination are regulated by article No. 27 of federal legislation:
- In the event that the citizen passes the next check, then the transfers are stopped until the group is confirmed.
- They are resumed after the state body receives new results of the IUD.
- When the group is changed, the payment for the missed time is made according to the old data.
- In cases where the former employee misses the examination for good reason, he is paid in full all the untranslated content.
- When disability is canceled, payments cease.
Now let's talk about the right to a second disability pension for military servicemen and contract soldiers.
Serviceman's right to a second pension
Military invalids are very often employed, as they say, on a "citizen". When an employment relationship is formalized, the employer pays contributions to them to the FIU. Consequently, a person obtains the right to insurance coverage by age. It is prescribed subject to certain conditions:
- Reaching the age limit, for example, 55 years for women and 60 years for men. And also a different age in accordance with the law.
- This year the applicant has nine years of civil service and 13.7 pension points.
It is important to note that the length of service with the number of points can gradually increase according to the pension reform of 2015. The growth of these indicators is extended to 2025 until it reaches fifteen years and thirty points. In addition, the following subtleties regarding the payment of civil pensions for disability retirees should be taken into account:
- They are credited without fixed payments.
- The insurance period, which was taken into account when appointing the previous state content, is not taken into account.
- Every year on the first of August, a recalculation is made for pensioners who continue to work after sixty or fifty-fifth years (for men and women, respectively).
Thus, military service has always been associated with health risks. Given this, the legislation provides for special conditions (discussed above) for the maintenance of persons with disabilities who have lost health as a result of the performance of combat missions.