Disability pension for military servants

Performing military duty related to the protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Motherland is an honorable mission for a citizen. However, many dangers lie in wait on this path, so the onset of disability as a result of the performance of combat tasks, unfortunately, is becoming an everyday phenomenon. According to recent open data, several tens of thousands of people lost their limbs in the war in Ukraine. And there are many other problems, diseases and injuries that make the final statistics much higher. Therefore, when a serviceman is faced with such a test, it is worth knowing about the disability pension. Let's talk about it in more detail.

When is such a pension possible?

There are several cases of awarding a military pension due to disability. These are situations where disability has occurred:

• during the military service;
• no later than 3 months before the moment when the serviceman resigned;
• later than after 3 months, but as a result of diseases that arose during the period when the soldier was still serving.

If in the first two cases the procedure is somewhat simpler, then in the third situation it is necessary to go through a rather long way of proving the cause-and-effect relationship between the disease and the onset of disability. The team of the "Prikhodko&Partners" law office knows what to recommend to its clients in such situations in order to help achieve the desired result. We will guide you on how to collect the necessary evidence base and properly present it in interaction with authorized state bodies. We also offer clients assistance in representing their interests in court.

What does the amount of the pension depend on?

Since the onset of disability in different cases leads to different degrees of loss of working capacity, this also affects the amount of the pension. For example, the 1st group of disability gives grounds for a pension in the amount of 100% of the amount of monetary support, the 2nd group - 80%, and the 3rd group - 60%.

What problems can a military person face?

The group of disability and the degree of loss of working capacity are determined by the MSEK (medical and social expert commission), where the soldier goes with the conclusions of the Military Medical Commission and all other documents that record his condition and medical history. But there is no secret in the fact that MSEK representatives often "underestimate" the real degree of a person's loss of working capacity. Therefore, the military has to appeal the received conclusion to the central MSEK or further in court.

It is in such cases that the help of a team of lawyers who regularly work with similar categories of cases may be appropriate. Our law firm has such specialists in military law. They are used to focusing on the result. Therefore, we offer a wide range of services at all stages of the process - starting with consulting and ending with court case support.

At the initial stage, we will guide you in what documents are needed and what pitfalls may arise in the process. And if the MSEK conclusion does not reflect the real picture, we will help you defend the truth. Despite the complexity of bureaucratic and human factors at the system level, there are enough legal mechanisms to achieve the desired result.