War victims' welfare; application

Injured persons and surviving dependants who are entitled to benefits under the Federal Pension Act or by analogous application of this Act, e.g. under

• the Soldiers' Pension Act
• the Civilian Service Act
• the Prisoner Relief Act
• the Infection Protection Act,
• the Act on Compensation for Victims of Violent Crimes or
• the Criminal Rehabilitation Act

can also receive assistance under the War Victims' Welfare Act. Under certain conditions, the family members of the victims are also covered.

In addition to personal assistance, benefits in kind, one-off and ongoing grants and loans are also eligible. Debts are generally not covered.

The most important benefits are

• Assistance for the elderly
• Benefits for participation in working life
  These are granted to injured persons and, if applicable, their widow(er)s, and essentially correspond to the benefits provided by the other rehabilitation providers. With the exception of the transitional allowance and the maintenance allowance as well as other assistance to achieve or secure the rehabilitation goal, they are granted without taking income and assets into account.
• Loans
• Supplementary assistance for living expenses
  This is granted in accordance with the Social Security Code XII (social assistance), taking into account the special situation of the injured person or surviving dependants.
• Recreational assistance
  This can be granted to injured persons and their wives and survivors if it is necessary to maintain their health or ability to work, if the type of recreation is appropriate and if the need for recreation in the case of injured persons is due to the recognized consequences of the injury (disability recreation); the latter is always assumed in the case of severely injured persons.
• Educational allowances
  As a measure of educational support for the schooling and vocational training of orphans and children of the injured party, grants or loans can generally be awarded up to the age of 27. The trainee's own income and assets, as well as those of the injured party or person liable to pay maintenance, must be taken into account.
• Assistance in special circumstances
  This may be considered in accordance with the Social Security Code XII (social assistance), taking into account the special situation of the injured party and surviving dependants.
• Care assistance
• Assistance for the continuation of the household
• Sickness benefit
• Housing assistance
  This is provided to war-disabled persons and surviving dependants in the form of advice on housing and settlement matters and assistance in obtaining and maintaining adequate and healthy housing. In exceptional cases, cash benefits may also be granted.
• Special welfare
  War blind people, people with impaired vision, paraplegics who receive a care allowance and other recipients of a care allowance as well as brain-damaged people and people whose degree of damage is at least 50 solely due to tuberculosis or facial disfigurement are to be granted effective special care by the main welfare offices.

In addition to war victims' welfare benefits, war and military service invalids and their surviving dependants who live in Bavaria can receive grants and loans from the Bavarian Foundation for War Victims and People with Disabilities for the purposes of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, health assistance, housing and elderly care and in special emergencies.

• Due to the injury and the loss of a spouse, parent, child or grandchild, the injured parties are not in a position to cover the need to be recognized from the other benefits under the aforementioned laws and 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.

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