You have
- fulfilled the severely disabled status at the start of your pension,
- reached the minimum insurance period (qualifying period) of 35 years and
- you have reached the relevant age.
Severely disabled persons are all persons with a degree of disability (GdB) of at least 50.
You must provide evidence of your severe disability at the start of your pension in the form of a severely disabled person's pass or certificate. You must apply for this at the relevant pension office.
The waiting period of 35 years includes
- Periods of compulsory contributions for an insured occupation or activity,
- Periods with voluntary contributions,
- Substitute periods,
- Credited periods (e.g. school, technical college and university periods, periods of unemployment benefit, periods of sickness benefit),
- Periods taken into account due to caring for and raising children,
- Waiting period months from pension equalisation or pension splitting,
- Qualifying period months from supplements of earnings points for earnings from marginal employment not subject to insurance, and,
- Waiting period months from supplements of earnings points for earnings from marginal employment for which employees are exempt from compulsory insurance and
- Additional periods.
If you were born between 1952 and 1964, the age limit for an old-age pension without deductions for severely disabled people will be gradually raised from 63 to 65.
If you were born in 1964 or later, the age limit is 65. However, you can also claim the old-age pension for severely disabled people early - at the earliest three years before reaching the age limit for an old-age pension without deductions for severely disabled people - with a reduction (maximum 10.8 per cent).
This pension reduction can be offset by a special payment.