Disability pension

When persons are entitled to an invalidity pension?

Individuals are entitled to an invalidity pension, when they have completely or partially lost their ability to work forever or for a long time.

Disability pension is determined for persons with 50 and over 50 per cent permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability.
The right to an invalidity pension arises from the date of invalidity, and for the blind at birth and for the blind before starting work - from the date of the application under Art. 94 from CSR.
The invalidity pension is granted for the period of invalidity.
Disability pensions for individuals, reached the age under Art. 68, he. 1 from CSR, are granted for life.
Disability pensions are suspended, when the pensioner does not comply with the instructions of the bodies of the expertise of the working capacity regarding the contraindicated working conditions.

DISABILITY PENSIONS, RELATED TO WORK ACTIVITY

1. DISABILITY PENSION DUE TO GENERAL DISEASE.

What are the conditions for acquiring the right to an invalidity pension due to a general illness?

Insured persons acquire the right to an invalidity pension due to a general illness, if they have lost their ability to work and have insurance experience, acquired up to the date of disability, and for the blind at birth and for the blind before starting work - until the date of the application under Art. 94 from CSR, as follows:

  1. up to 20 years of age and for the blind at birth and for the blind before starting work - regardless of the length of insurance;
  2. up to 25 years of age - one year, as not less than 4 months are actual insurance experience;
  3. up to 30 years old - 3 years, as not less than 1 year is actual insurance experience;
  4. over 30 years old - 5 years, as not less than 1 year and 8 months are actual insurance experience.

Disabled persons by birth and disabled persons with acquired disability until entering employment acquire the right to a disability pension due to general illness with one year of actual insurance experience.

Disability pension due to general illness is not granted, resumes or restores to individuals, who have been granted a personal pension for length of service and age.

How to determine the amount of disability pension due to general illness?

The amount of the invalidity pension due to general illness is determined, such as income, from which the pension is calculated, multiplied by the sum, formed by: by percentage 1,1 per cent for pensions, granted with a start date of 31.12.2016 g., for those granted with a starting date of 01.01.2017 r. to 31.12.2017 r. are 1,126 one hundred, for those granted with a starting date of 01.01.2018 r. to 31.12.2018 r. from 1,169 one hundred, and for those granted after 31.12.2018 r. – from 1,2 per cent for each year of insurance and the respective proportional part of the percentage for the remaining months of insurance. From 1 July 2019 r. pensions, granted with a starting date until 31.12.2018 r. are recalculated with 1,2 per cent for each year of insurance and the respective proportional part of the percentage for the remaining months of insurance.

When at the date of disability the insured person is old, lower than the age under Art. 68, he. 1 from CSR, the difference between his age, but not earlier than the completion of 16 years, and the age under Art. 68, he. 1 by CSR is recognized as insurance experience. When determining the pension, the recognized time and the respective proportional part of the percentage for the months of insurance service are multiplied by a coefficient, according to the degree of permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability of the person, as follows:

  • over 90 one hundred - 0,9;
  • from 71 to 90 one hundred - 0,7;
  • from 50 to 70,99 one hundred - 0,5.

The amount of the invalidity pension due to general illness may not be less, according to the degree of permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability, as follows:

  • over 90 one hundred - 115 per cent of the minimum amount of the pension for length of service and age – from 1 January 2021 r. – 345,00 BGN.;
  • from 71 to 90 one hundred - 105 per cent of the minimum amount of the pension for length of service and age – from 1 January 2021 r. – 315,00 BGN.;
  • from 50 to 70,99 one hundred - 85 per cent of the minimum amount of the pension for length of service and age – from 1 January 2021 r. – 255,00 BGN.

The minimum amount of the pension for insurance length of service and age under Art. 68, he. 1 from CSR from 1 January 2021 r. is 300,00 BGN, and the amount of the old - age social pension from 1 July 2020 r. – 141,63 BGN.

How to determine the income and the individual coefficient for calculating the invalidity pension due to general illness?

  • The income, from which the amount of the invalidity pension due to general illness is calculated, is defined, as the average monthly insurance income for the country under Art. 70, he. 3 of CSR is multiplied by the individual coefficient of the person.
  • The individual coefficient for calculating the invalidity pension due to general illness is determined for those granted with a starting date before 1 January 2019 r. by the order of art. 70, he. 4-7, he. 10, vol. 1 and al. 11 from CSR to the date of retirement, and for pensions, granted with a starting date after 31 December 2018 r. – by the order of art. 70, he. 8, 9, he. 10, t. 2 and al. 11 from CSR.

2. PENSIONS FOR DISABILITY DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.

What are the conditions for acquiring the right to a pension due to an accident at work and an occupational disease?

The insured, lost 50 or over 50 one hundred percent of their capacity to work due to an accident at work or an occupational disease, are entitled to an invalidity pension due to an accident at work or an occupational disease, regardless of the length of insurance.

How to determine the amount of disability pension due to an accident at work and an occupational disease?

The amount of the pension for disability due to an occupational accident or occupational disease is determined, as the average monthly insurance income for the country under Art. 70, he. 3 of CSR is multiplied by the individual coefficient, calculated for those granted with a starting date before 1 January 2019 r. by the order of art. 70, he. 4-7, he. 10, vol. 1 and al. 11 from CSR to the date of retirement, and for pensions, granted with a starting date after 31 December 2018 r. – calculated by the order of art. 70, he. 8, 9, he. 10 vol.2 and al. 11 from CSR to the date of retirement, and by the following coefficients, according to the degree of permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability:

For pensions, granted with a starting date of 01.01.2018 r. to 31.12.2018 r.

  • over 90 one hundred - 0,4242;
  • from 71 to 90 one hundred - 0,3720;
  • from 50 to 70,99 one hundred - 0,3189.

For pensions, granted with a starting date after 31.12.2018 r.

  • over 90 one hundred - 0,4494;
  • from 71 to 90 one hundred - 0,3932;
  • from 50 to 70,99 one hundred - 0,3371
  • The amount of the pension for disability due to a work accident or occupational disease cannot be smaller, according to the degree of permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability, as follows:
  1. over 90 one hundred - 125 per cent of the minimum amount of the pension for length of service and age – from 1 January 2021 r. – 375,00 BGN.;
  2. from 71 to 90 one hundred - 115 per cent of the minimum amount of the pension for length of service and age – from 1 January 2021 r. – 345,00 BGN.;
  3. from 50 to 70,99 one hundred - 100 per cent of the minimum amount of the pension for length of service and age – from 1 January 2021 r. – 300,00 BGN.
  • The amount of the pension for disability due to occupational accident and occupational disease cannot be less than the amount, calculated as a invalidity pension due to general illness.
DISABILITY PENSIONS, NOT RELATED TO WORK ACTIVITY

1. MILITARY DISABILITY PENSIONS.

When is a military disability pension granted??

  1. Persons are entitled to a military disability pension, who have lost their ability to work as a result, that they became ill or injured during or in connection with:
  • conscription;
  • service in stock or in reserve.

2. Persons are also entitled to a military disability pension, injured in the assistance of the armed forces.

Victims within the meaning of p. 1 and 2 both the dead and the missing are considered.

3. The parents of the persons are also entitled to a survivor's pension for military disability, died while performing military service in operations or missions outside the country (new hypothesis, add. DV, no. 53 from 2018 g.).

How to determine the amount of the military disability pension?

The amount of the military invalidity pension can be determined in two ways.

First case the pension is determined as a percentage of the social pension for old age in a certain tabular amount depending on the percentage of lost working capacity and the person's military rank, such as:

1. for privates and sergeants:

  • with over 90 one hundred reduced working capacity – 150 per cent of the old-age social pension – from 1 January 2021 r. – 199,11 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 223,07 BGN;
  • with reduced working capacity from 71 to 90 one hundred – 140 per cent of the old-age social pension – from 1 January 2021 r. – 185,84 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 208,19 BGN;
  • with reduced working capacity from 50 to 70,99 one hundred – 115 per cent of the old-age social pension – from 1 January 2021 g., and from 1 July 2021 r. – 171,02 BGN.

2. for officers:

  • with over 90 one hundred reduced working capacity – 160 per cent of the old-age social pension – from 1 January 2021 r. – 212,38 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 237,94 BGN;
  • with reduced working capacity from 71 to 90 one hundred – 150 per cent of the old-age social pension – from 1 January 2021 r. – 199,11 BGN, and from 1 Art 2021 r. – 223,07 BGN;
  • with reduced working capacity from 50 to 70,99 one hundred – 120 per cent of the old-age social pension – from 1 January 2021 r. – 159,29 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 178,45 BGN.

Second case – Where persons have been insured for all social security risks or only for an accident at work or an occupational disease before entering the conscription service or the reserve service, the amount of the military invalidity pension is determined as for the pension for an accident at work or an occupational disease, if it is more favorable to them. In this case, when determining the amount of pension, years of insurance and income have an impact, on which insurance contributions have been made.

2. CIVIL DISABILITY PENSIONS.

Which persons are entitled to a civil invalidity pension?

Individuals are entitled to a civil disability pension, who have lost their ability to work as a result, that they are ill or injured:

  1. in the performance of civil duty;
  2. accidentally by the authorities in the performance of official duties of these authorities.

The document, certifying the circumstance under item. 1 shall be drawn up by the mayor or by an official authorized by him.
The document, certifying the circumstance under item. 2 is composed by the mayor or the head of the institution, in which the authority serves, caused the suffering.

How to determine the amount of the civil disability pension?

The amount of civil disability pensions is determined as a percentage of the old-age social pension, as follows:

1. for persons with permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability over 90 one hundred – 150 one hundred – from 1 January 2021 r. – 199,11 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 223,07 BGN;

2. for persons with permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability from 71 to 90 one hundred – 140 one hundred – from 1 January 2021 r. – 185,84 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 208,19 BGN;

3. for persons with permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability from 50 to 70,99 one hundred – 115 one hundred – from 1 January 2021 r. – 152,65 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 171,02 BGN.

On the faces, which have been insured for all insured social risks or only for an accident at work or an occupational disease, the pension is calculated in the order, established for accidents at work or occupational disease, if it is more favorable to them.

3. SOCIAL PENSIONS FOR DISABILITY

When is a social disability pension granted??

Individuals are entitled to a social disability pension, over 16 years of age, with permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability more than 71 one hundred.

A social invalidity pension cannot be received together with another type of pension, because of which, granted with a starting date of 01.01.2015 r. to 31.12.2018 r. including stops, and from 01.01.2019 r. are not granted to persons, to whom another type of pension has been granted, including from another country.

Relaxed to 31.12.2014 r. including, disability social pensions, which were paid without change in their amount to another type of pension are terminated ex officio, as of 01.01.2019 r. The same persons shall be paid an amount not less than the terminated pension in the form of a monthly financial support from the Social Assistance Agency.. The faces, who have not received a social disability pension, but have determined by TEMC / NEMC 50 and over 50 one hundred permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability, they also have the right to apply for a monthly financial support to the Social Assistance Agency.

How to determine the amount of social disability pension?

The amount of the social disability pension:

  • for persons with permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability above 90 is a hundred 120 per cent of the old - age social pension - from 1 July 2020 r. – 169,96 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 178,45 BGN;
  • for persons with permanently reduced working capacity / type and degree of disability from 71 to 90 one hundred – 110 per cent of the old - age social pension - from 1 July 2020 r. – 155,79 BGN, and from 1 July 2021 r. – 163,58 BGN
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