Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are entitled to monetary compensation after being wounded on the battlefield.

According to the Law of Ukraine "On Social and Legal Protection of Servicemen and Their Families" and Cabinet Resolution No. 975 of 12/25/2013, servicemen who were injured while performing a combat mission may receive compensation.

 What the amount of payment depends on, what documents are required for receipt, read in the TSN.ua material.

What you need to know to get help: a lawyer's comment

Lawyer Anastasia Volodenkova explained "some important things about money" in a blog on the "Ukrainian Pravda" website that should be known to military personnel who were injured on the battlefield.

  • During the treatment of the wounded,

    the payment of monetary support and additional monetary reward in the amount of UAH 100,000 is kept

    .

  • But when the injured are on leave due to their health (i.e. undergoing rehabilitation), a monetary reward of UAH 100,000 is provided only for those who were seriously injured. 

    This degree of injury must be confirmed by the conclusion of the military medical (medical expert, medical) commission.

    At the same time, monetary support is kept for all the wounded.

    During the treatment after an injury (not linked to a serious one), but necessarily related to the protection of the Motherland, you will receive both monetary support and 100,000 UAH.

    And during rehabilitation, UAH 100,000 is received only by those whose injuries are recognized as severe.

  • Payment is made monthly on the basis of a certificate from the medical institution where the injured person is being treated.

  • If the treatment will last more than four months, it is necessary to keep in touch with the immediate commander and inform the military unit

    that the treatment continues - providing the conclusion of the VLK.

    This is required to continue accrual of cash support.

  • A necessary condition for an additional reward is continuous inpatient treatment in health care facilities.

  • If suddenly the payment of the reward stopped?

    You will be able to write a report to the command of the military unit after passing the VLK with a demand to pay the remuneration for the entire period of treatment.

  • If a military unit sabotages payments, it should be appealed

    to the headquarters of the operational command to which the unit is subordinate, as well as the Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of Finance department

  • Another type of payment is material assistance from the military unit, which is paid once a year in the amount of a monthly allowance, usually at the end of the year.

    To receive it, you need to submit a report to the immediate commander.

  • If you were injured last year, then in the current year the amount of material assistance may be less than the amount of your monthly allowance.

    This is in accordance with the position of the Department of Personnel Policy.

    It may not be provided at all, as it is not mandatory to be paid every year.

    The Ministry of Defense explains that it is paid on the basis of a serviceman's report.

    Therefore, we recommend submitting the report immediately after discharge from the hospital and arrival at the military unit.

  • One-time cash assistance is paid only in case of establishment of disability or percentage loss of working capacity by the decision of the medical and social expert commission.

    Its size depends on the disability group and the living wage.

    This year, these are the following amounts:

    • 1st group of disability – UAH 1,073,600

    • 2nd group of disabilities - UAH 805,200

    • 3rd group of disability - UAH 671,000

    If the fighter is assigned a share of the loss of working capacity, then the maximum OGD this year in this case is UAH 187,880

    .

    What to do to get it?

    A military serviceman must submit an application and a package of documents for receiving OGD through an authorized person in the military unit or independently - to the Commission on the calculation and payment of one-time monetary assistance of the relevant law enforcement agency (the one to which his military unit belongs).

    If a serviceman is discharged, he can apply for payment through TCC and SP.

    Unfortunately, there is no exact answer to the question of when it should be paid, because the calculation of the payment is not regulated by law.

    What documents are required to apply for assistance

    According to the legislation, to issue a payment to a serviceman, it is necessary to contact the head of the Central Military Medical Commission of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or the head of the Regional Staff Military Medical Commission.

    Documents to be submitted:

    • Referral or application for a military hospital commission.

    • Passport of a citizen of Ukraine and its certified copy.

    • If you are a private or non-commissioned officer, you must present a military ID and its certified copy, as well as a certificate of military service.

    • If you are an officer - a certificate or military card of a reserve officer and its certified copy and an extract from the record.

    • All available medical documents characterizing your state of health before military service, during military service and after discharge.

    • Documents of military medical examination: certificate of illness, certificate of military medical commission, originals and their certified copies.

    • A certificate about the circumstances of the injury or its certified copy and/or a certified copy of the Accident Act.

    • In the case of participation in anti-terrorist operation (ATO) - certificates of the military unit on the terms of direct participation in hostilities, hostilities on the territory of other countries, participation in international peacekeeping operations (IMO), liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, nuclear weapons testing and their certified copies.

    • Certificate of combat participant and its certified copy.

    • If you participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant or are a victim of the Chernobyl disaster, you must present a certificate and its certified copy.

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