Disability pension

E-signature/mobile signature holders can apply for disability pension online here. 

- disability classification: medium, marked, severe.

- required contribution period in relation to age:                

In order to establish the pension of the beneficiaries of the power institutions, the applicant shall submit the following documents to the TOSI:

a) identity card;

b) order of dismissal;

c) calculation of seniority, issued by the competent body, according to the approved form;

d) contract for military service;

e) military service record (original and copy);

f) employment record book (original and copy) or other documents confirming the contribution period (extracts from orders, salary certificates, minutes of service for the relevant period);

g) diploma of licensing or certificate of completion of postgraduate studies (original and copy);

h) diploma of studies at the daytime section of higher educational institutions (original and copy);

i) certificate of salary as per the approved form;

j) medical decision

 

k) the counterfoil of the certificate of disability and work capacity issued by the National Council for Determination of Disability and Work Capacity or its territorial structures.

 

 

Deadline for examination of the application - 30 days.

 

You can apply online for a disability pension review here  

When can the pension amount be reviewed

The review of pension rights is carried out if:

a) the emergence of new circumstances relating to the contribution period, insured income, which occurred before the granting of pension rights;

b) transfer to another pension category.

c) persons who continue to work after the entitlement to a disability pension has been acquired.

The review of pension rights is also carried out for pensioners who became entitled to a pension before January 1, 1999, but only on submitting the documents confirming the contribution period.

Pensioners who are or have been working after the entitlement to disability pension has been acquired/reviewed may apply for a review of their pension not more often than every two years, provided that the pension calculated according to the formulas in Law No. 156/1998 is higher than the pension in payment.

The review of disability pensions, established up to January 1, 2022, shall be carried out in relation to the accumulated contribution period after the entitlement to a disability pension has been achieved, in accordance with the following scaling

Pensions established/reviewed by January 1, 1999 

01.01.2022 - from 2 years

Pensions established after January 1, 1999 and up to January 1, 2022

01.01.2023 - from 7 years

01.01.2024 - from 2 la 7 years 

How to apply / deadline for examination / documents required

The application for review of the disability pension shall be submitted to the territorial social insurance body of the insured person's residence, his/her guardian (trustee) or representative appointed by power of attorney, or in electronic form via the single government portal of public services, the government portal of the citizen or the official website of the National Office of Social Insurance.

The following original and copies of the following documents shall be attached to the application for review of the pension submitted to the TOSI:

- the applicant's identity card;

- employment record book or other documents confirming the contribution period (extracts from the orders of employment/ dismissal, salary certificates);

- other documents as appropriate.

In the case of submitting the application for review of the disability pension for the contribution period completed after the pension was established in electronic form, via the single government portal of public services, the government portal of the citizen or the official website of the National Office of Social Insurance, the pension is reviewed on the basis of the data in the insured person's personal account.

The reconsideration of the pension or the rejection of the application for reconsideration is made by a decision issued by the territorial social insurance body and signed by its head within 60 days from the date of submission of the application with all the necessary documents.

The decision on the rejection of the application for review of the retirement pension and the reason for rejection shall be sent to the applicant within 5 days of the date of issue.