General disability pension

A disability pension is paid to someone whose disability has caused his earning capacity to be reduced by at least 50% or to disabled housewifeA housewife as defined by Law ,who as a result of her impairment has lost at least 50% of her ability to function in her household — with the following exceptions: a)she has worked as a worker or self-employed worker for a period of 12 consecutive months or 24 months even if not consecutive, out of the 48 months preceding the submission of her claim or preceding the cessation of work, if she ceased working after she submitted her claim. b) She is living separately from her husband and has not lived with him for a period of at least 24 months preceding or following the submission of her claim. In such cases, the housewife is considered employed and her capacity to earn a living as defined above will be examined., whose capacity to perform household functions has been reduced by 50%, under the terms of eligibility detailed on the disability site.

One of the conditions of eligibility for a disability pension is that the incapacity happened to the insured person while he was an Israeli residentA person whose life is centered in Israel. Criteria for determining this include: Israel is your permanent place of residence, where your family resides, where your children go to school, your primary place of work, or where you are studying. . Accordingly a returning resident will be eligible for a pension only if the incapacity to earn was caused while he was a resident of Israel.

Allowance eligibility for those whose incapacity appeared when they were not Israeli residents

Nevertheless, under the following conditions, the returning resident may be eligible for a pension even though his incapacity was caused while he was not an Israeli resident:

1. If he reached the age of 18 when he was an Israeli resident and disabled;
2. If the impairment that causes his incapacity occurred while he was a minor resident of Israel;
3. If the claim of the returning resident for a disability pension was rejected because his incapacity was caused while he was not an Israeli resident and, following the rejection of his claim, he began to work and his earnings were more than 60% of the average salary (NIS 7,522 (as of Jan 01, 2024)) for six consecutive months or for 12 non-consecutive months out of the 24 months preceding the month in which the claim was submitted;
4. If the claim of the returning resident was rejected because his incapacity was caused while he was not an Israeli resident, and after becoming an Israeli resident new impairments were caused, or there was a significant deterioration of the existing impairments, creating medical disability and incapacity – he may be eligible for a pension, if the following conditions are met:

• These impairments alone are above the required medical threshold for a disability pension;
• These impairments alone caused the claimant’s incapacity.

In the above instances, all medical documents that attest to the beginning of the new medical impairment or the deterioration should be submitted.

Determining the degree of incapacity

If it is determined that the new impairments or the significant deterioration that occurred during returning resident status grant eligibility for a pension for the returning resident, the pension will be paid according to the degree that expresses the general condition of the claimant and not just the impairments caused during the returning resident status.

Submitting a claim for the allowance

To learn more about submitting a claim for general disability allowance, click here.