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I want to have a degree of disability determined or I have a notice from the pension office (Versorgungsamt)

Application to the Versorgungsamt (pension office), severe disability marks (Merkzeichen), severe disability card and equivalence (Gleichstellung): how to prepare the application well, check a notice of decision, keep deadlines and which compensations for disadvantages usually come into consideration.

How the roadmap works. Answer the questions. They produce your roadmap. It shows how to prepare the application, by when you should respond to a notice of decision and which help usually comes into consideration in your situation. Important: good medical documents that show how the condition limits your everyday life are what matter. The diagnosis alone is usually not enough.

Your answers are not stored or transmitted; they only appear in your browser's address bar. Anyone who shares the link also shares the answers. Legal position as of November 2026: SGB IX (§§ 2, 14, 32, 151, 152, 168–173, 178, 185, 199, 208, 228, 229), Versorgungsmedizin-Verordnung with the Versorgungsmedizinische Grundsätze (medical assessment principles; last amended on 29 September 2025), Schwerbehindertenausweisverordnung (§§ 3, 6), KSchG (§ 4), StVO (§ 46), SGB I (§§ 60 ff.), SGB X (deemed notification 4 days), SGG, SGB VI (§§ 37, 236a), EStG (§§ 33, 33b), Kraftfahrzeugsteuergesetz (§ 3a), Rundfunkbeitragsstaatsvertrag.

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