Determination of helplessness and levels of care allowance for war victims

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 damage:

• Blindness and severe visual impairment
• Spinal cord injury and other disabilities that require the use of a wheelchair permanently and permanently, including within the living space
• Brain damage, seizure disorders, mental retardation and psychoses, if these health disorders alone cause a degree of injury consequences (GdS) of 100
• Loss of two or more limbs, excluding lower leg or foot amputation on both sides

For the determination of helplessness and the levels of the care allowance, the principles laid down in the Health Care Medicine Ordinance (VersMedV) apply.

You are considered helpless if you need permanent help from others for a number of frequently and regularly recurring activities to secure your personal existence.

This also applies if:

• the help in the form of monitoring or guidance is required

or

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