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Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Law, 5719-1959 [Consolidated Version]

חוק הנכים (תגמולים ושיקום), תשי"ט-1959 [נוסח משולב]

Published: 1959-09-23Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2025-10-22 · Last amended 2026-07-19✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Chapter I: Interpretation

Definitions§

1.

In this Law –

"military service" and "service" –

(1)service in the Israel Defence Forces;
(2)in respect of the period from the 17th of Kislev 5708 (30 November 1947) until the 29th of Kislev 5709 (31 December 1948) – any other service that the Minister of Defence has declared, by a declaration published in Reshumot (Official Gazette), to be military service for the purposes of this Law;
(3)in respect of the period prior to the 17th of Kislev 5708 (30 November 1947) – active service in a combat unit of the Haganah organisation in the Land of Israel, and any other service in the Land of Israel that the Minister of Defence has declared, by a declaration published in Reshumot (Official Gazette), to be military service for the purposes of this Law;

"regular service" – military service pursuant to an undertaking for regular service;

"discharged soldier" – a person who served in military service and was discharged from service;

for this purpose – a person who served in military service that is not regular service and who transferred continuously to serve in regular service, shall be regarded as if the day preceding the commencement of his regular service is the day of his discharge from service that is not regular service;

"soldier in regular service" – a person serving in regular service;

"disability" – loss of the capacity to perform a normal activity, physical, mental or intellectual, including cognitive, or a reduction of such capacity, caused to a soldier or to a discharged soldier as a result of one of the following:

(1)an injury that occurred during the period of his service and as a result of his service, provided, however, that in respect of a soldier in regular service – an injury as aforesaid that is a service injury;
(2)a disease or aggravation of a disease that occurred during the period of his service and as a result of his service, provided, however, that in respect of a soldier in regular service – a service disease or aggravation of a service disease that occurred during the period of his service and as a result of his service;

"injury" – anatomical damage to the body caused directly by an external physical agent in a specific event, including heat stroke, cold injury, or sudden death prevented on the background of a cardiac event during the event (Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death), as well as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder;

"service injury" – an injury caused in operational activity or in training for such activity, or in another event whose character, nature and circumstances are unique to military service;

"disease" – any disease, impairment, disability, syndrome or disorder, physical, mental or intellectual, including cognitive, and all of the foregoing excluding injury;

"service disease" – any one of the following, provided that it was caused as a result of an event whose character, nature and circumstances are unique to military service, or as a result of conditions of service whose character and nature are unique to military service:

(1)a disease resulting from exposure to a hazardous substance designated by the Minister of Defence by Order, to ionising radiation or to infra-red radiation;
(2)infection with a disease resulting from exposure to blood products and bodily fluids in the framework of medical treatment under field conditions;
(3)injury to the hearing organs as a result of noise events or from exposure to noise, provided that the source of the noise is combat equipment;
(4)another disease designated by the Minister of Defence, with the consent of the Minister of Finance and with the approval of the Labour, Welfare and Health Committee of the Knesset, by Order, under the conditions and circumstances designated as aforesaid;

"designated for security service" – as defined in the Defence Service Law [Consolidated Version], 5746-1986;

"disabled veteran" – a discharged soldier or a soldier in regular service who has been afflicted with a disability;

"family member" of a disabled veteran –

(1)a wife, including a woman who lives together with the disabled veteran and is publicly known as his wife;
(2)a child – including a stepchild and an adopted child – who has not yet reached the age of 21, or who upon reaching the age of 21 was not self-supporting due to a physical or intellectual defect, and for as long as he is not self-supporting for such reasons, but excluding a stepchild who is not dependent on the disabled veteran and who is maintained by his blood relative who is not the disabled veteran's spouse;
(3)a parent, including a stepparent and an adoptive parent, who, other than the disabled veteran, has no more than two self-supporting children, and who is one of the following:
(a)a needy father who has not yet reached the age of fifty;
(b)a father who has reached the age of fifty and does not have sufficient income for his livelihood;
(c)a mother who does not have sufficient income for her livelihood;
(4)a sibling who is an orphan from both parents, who, other than the disabled veteran, has no self-supporting sibling, and whose maintenance was the responsibility of the disabled veteran on the eve of the disabled veteran's enlistment into service, and who is one of the following:
(a)who has not yet reached the age of 18 and does not earn a livelihood;
(b)who upon reaching the age of 18 was not self-supporting due to a physical or intellectual defect, and for as long as he is not self-supporting for such reasons;

"sibling" includes a sister;

"needy" – a person who is unable to earn a livelihood and does not have sufficient income for his livelihood;

"self-supporting" – a person who has reached the age of eighteen and is not needy;

"a person who is unable to earn a livelihood" –

(1)when he is a "family member" – a person who is unable to earn a livelihood due to his age or illness or physical or intellectual impairment, as well as a person who has been recognised, in accordance with rules to be prescribed by Regulations, as unable to earn a livelihood;
(2)(Repealed);

"sufficient income for a person's livelihood" – income that has been recognised as sufficient for the livelihood of a person and those dependent on him, in accordance with rules to be prescribed by Regulations;

"grant" – (Repealed);

"the determining wage" – NIS 5,310.47;

"Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Division" or "the Division" – the Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Division in the Ministry of Defence;

"representative organisation" – an organisation that the Minister of Defence has declared to be a representative organisation of disabled veterans;

"pensions officer" – a person appointed by the Minister of Defence as a pensions officer pursuant to section 25;

"monthly income" – the total income from employment or from a profession of the disabled veteran in the tax year divided by 12;

"income from employment or from a profession" – income as referred to in section 2(1) and (2) of the Income Tax Ordinance [New Version];

"combat shock", "combat reaction" – a stress reaction to a traumatic event that occurred in operational activity or in training for such activity, or in another event whose character, nature and circumstances are unique to military service;

"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" – a prolonged stress reaction to a traumatic event, including a combat reaction;

"additional entitlement" – assistance provided pursuant to Chapter II-A, to a disabled veteran who meets the criteria set out in that Chapter, the provisions of this Law and the conditions prescribed by the Minister of Defence;

"National Insurance Law" – the National Insurance Law [Consolidated Version], 5755-1995;

"Fallen Soldiers' Families Law" – the Fallen Soldiers' Families (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Law, 5710-1950;

"combat shock victim" – a person whose degree of disability has been assessed in respect of an impairment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder resulting from combat shock;

"assistance" – full or partial assistance, being financial assistance or assistance provided in another manner as prescribed by the Minister of Defence;

"financial assistance" – assistance provided by way of payment, funding, reimbursement of an expense actually incurred, a grant or a loan;

"minimum wage", per month – as defined in the Minimum Wage Law, 5747-1987;

"the average wage" – as its meaning in section 2 of the National Insurance Law.

Injury on the Way to or from a Camp§

1a.
(a)An injury sustained by a soldier or a discharged soldier shall be regarded as an injury that occurred during the period of his service as a result of his service, even if it was caused on the way to or from the camp, provided that his stay outside the camp was lawful and that on the way there were no material interruptions or deviations unconnected with the service or with the way to or from the camp. In respect of a soldier on leave, such an injury shall be regarded as aforesaid only if it was caused on his way from the camp to his leave destination or on his way to the camp from his leave destination.
(b)For the purposes of this section –

"camp" – the place where the soldier is staying in the course of his military service, and in respect of a reservist – including his place of reporting;

"soldier on leave" – a soldier lawfully staying outside the camp otherwise than in the performance of a duty in service, including a discharged soldier on his way back from service.

(c)For the purposes of this section, the burden of proof that the soldier was staying outside the camp unlawfully shall lie on the party claiming it.

Disabled Veterans from Yishuv Volunteers§

2.
(a)"Disabled veteran from Yishuv volunteers" in this section – a person who served in a unit of the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pursuant to the call of the national institutions in the Land of Israel, and who has proved that the competent authority in that Kingdom has determined that he was afflicted with a disability during that service and as a result of that service.
(b)The service of a disabled veteran from Yishuv volunteers shall be regarded, for the purposes of this Law, as military service, and for the purposes of this Law his status shall be, except as regards compensation and grants, the same as that of a disabled veteran as defined in section 1.
(c)The status of a disabled veteran from Yishuv volunteers shall be, for the purposes of any other enactment, the same as that of a disabled veteran as defined in section 1, and the compensation he receives from that Kingdom shall be regarded as if it were compensation paid pursuant to this Law.
(d)For the purposes of this section, the degree of disability of a disabled veteran from Yishuv volunteers shall be as determined for him from time to time by the authority referred to in subsection (a).

Persons Designated for Security Service in Pre-Military Training or During Tests for a Volunteer Unit§

2a.
(a)For the purposes of this Law, a person designated for security service who volunteered to participate in pre-military training or who was called for tests for a volunteer unit shall be regarded as a soldier who is not a soldier in regular service, and the pre-military training or the tests for the volunteer unit, as the case may be, shall be regarded as military service.
(b)In this section –

"pre-military training" – training conducted by the Israel Defence Forces for a person designated for security service, prior to the commencement of his service in the Israel Defence Forces, excluding training for driving;

"tests for a volunteer unit" – tests conducted for persons designated for security service to examine their fitness for service in a volunteer unit of the Israel Defence Forces.

Soldier in Regular Service Serving in Regular Service Continuously Following Compulsory Service§

2b.

For the purposes of this Law, a soldier in regular service who serves in regular service continuously following compulsory service as defined in the Regular Service in the Israel Defence Forces (Pension) Law, 5745-1985, shall be regarded, during the first six months of such regular service, as a soldier who is not a soldier in regular service.

Authority to Increase Rates§

3.

The Minister of Defence may, by Order, in consultation with the Minister of Finance and with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, increase the amount of the determining wage and the amounts of the compensation paid pursuant to this Law.

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Chapter II: Compensation

Compensation by Way of Grant to Disabled Veterans Whose Degree of Disability is 10 to 19 Per Cent§

4.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5, a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is not less than 10% and does not exceed 19% shall be paid compensation by way of a one-time grant, the amount of which shall be determined as follows (hereinafter – grant):

(1)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 10%, 10% of the determining wage, multiplied by 108;
(2)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 11%, 11% of the determining wage, multiplied by 125;
(3)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 12%, 12% of the determining wage, multiplied by 142;
(4)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 13%, 13% of the determining wage, multiplied by 155;
(5)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 14%, 14% of the determining wage, multiplied by 166;
(6)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 15%, 15% of the determining wage, multiplied by 175;
(7)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 16%, 16% of the determining wage, multiplied by 185;
(8)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 17%, 17% of the determining wage, multiplied by 193;
(9)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 18%, 18% of the determining wage, multiplied by 201;
(10)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 19%, 19% of the determining wage, multiplied by 215.

Compensation for a Disabled Veteran Who Received a Grant and Whose Degree of Disability Was Subsequently Determined at Above 19 Per Cent§

4a.
(a)A disabled veteran whose degree of disability was determined at not more than 19% and who was paid a grant as referred to in section 4, and whose degree of disability was subsequently determined at above 19%, shall be entitled to compensation, benefits and additional entitlements according to the last degree of disability determined for him.
(b)
(1)Where a disabled veteran's degree of disability was determined at above 19% as referred to in subsection (a), and the date on which payment of compensation commences, pursuant to such determination, falls before a number of months equal to the determining number has elapsed since the determining day, there shall be deducted from the compensation to be paid to him an amount to be calculated pursuant to paragraph (2);
(2)The amount to be deducted as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be calculated as follows: the amount of the grant paid, less an amount that is the product of the monthly compensation that would have been paid to the disabled veteran pursuant to section 5, had that section applied to him, multiplied by the number of months that have elapsed from the determining day until the date on which payment of compensation commenced pursuant to the last degree of disability determined for him;
(3)In this section –

"the determining day" – the day on which the disabled veteran's entitlement to compensation arose pursuant to the degree of disability according to which he received the grant;

"the determining number" – the number specified in section 4 that served as the basis for determining the amount of the grant received by the disabled veteran pursuant to that section in accordance with the percentage of disability determined for him;

"the monthly compensation" – the compensation that served as the basis for determining the amount of the grant received by the disabled veteran.

(c)The Minister of Defence, with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, shall prescribe the rate of deduction of the grant from the compensation that the disabled veteran shall receive, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b).
(d)Where a disabled veteran's degree of disability was determined at above 19% as referred to in subsection (a), and the date on which payment of compensation commences, pursuant to such determination, falls after a number of months equal to the determining number has elapsed since the determining day, the amount of the grant paid shall not be deducted from the compensation to be paid to him.
4b.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 32, 2023)

Payment of an Advance to a Disabled Veteran Whose Degree of Disability is 10 to 19 Per Cent§

4c.
(a)Where a disabled veteran's degree of disability is from 10% to 19% and it has not been determined that his degree of disability is permanent, the compensation officer may direct that an advance be paid to him on account of the grant pursuant to section 4; the amount of the advance shall not exceed an amount equal to the product of the monthly compensation that would have been paid to the disabled veteran pursuant to section 5, had that section applied to him, multiplied by the number of months that will elapse until the date set for the examination of the disabled veteran for the purpose of re-determining his degree of disability.
(b)The Minister of Defence, with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, shall prescribe the rate of the advance that the disabled veteran shall receive on account of the grant.
(c)A disabled veteran who received an advance as referred to in subsection (a) and whose degree of disability was re-determined to be the same degree of disability upon examination conducted for the purpose of re-determining his disability, shall receive a grant pursuant to section 4, less the advance he received.
(d)A disabled veteran who received an advance as referred to in subsection (a) and whose degree of disability upon examination conducted for the purpose of re-determining his degree of disability was determined at above 19%, shall receive compensation pursuant to the new degree of disability determined, less the advance he received; the provisions of section 4a(b) shall apply to the calculation of the deduction of the advance.
(e)The Minister of Defence, with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, shall prescribe the rate of deduction of the advance pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d).

Non-Payment of Additional Compensation and Non-Grant of Additional Entitlements§

4d.

A disabled veteran who is entitled to compensation by way of a grant, pursuant to sections 4 to 4c, shall not be paid any other compensation and shall not be granted any benefit or additional entitlement pursuant to this Law.

Commencement and Application§

4e.

Sections 4 and 4a to 4d shall apply in respect of a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is 10% to 19%, who first submitted a claim to the compensation officer on the 9th of Tevet 5756 (1 January 1996) or thereafter, and who is not receiving compensation prior to that date.

Option for a Grant§

4f.

A disabled veteran who is entitled to monthly compensation and whose degree of disability is 10% to 19% shall be entitled to choose to receive a grant in lieu of monthly compensation and additional entitlement, pursuant to rules, rates and conditions to be prescribed by the Minister of Defence in consultation with the Minister of Finance and with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset.

Compensation for Disabled Veterans of 10 to 100 Per Cent§

5.

A disabled veteran whose degree of disability is not less than 10% shall be paid, for as long as he is a disabled veteran as aforesaid, compensation at the rate of one per cent of the determining wage for each per cent of his degree of disability.

Supplement for a Disabled Veteran with a Special Degree of Disability§

5a.

A disabled veteran with a special degree of disability determined pursuant to rules set out in Regulations shall be paid, for as long as he holds such a degree of disability, a supplement of 40% to his compensation.

Compensation for a Disabled Veteran Without a Livelihood§

6.
(a)A disabled veteran whose degree of disability is not less than 10% and who is without a livelihood shall be paid, for as long as he is without a livelihood, a livelihood-deprivation compensation at the rate set out in subsection (c), in lieu of the compensation pursuant to sections 5 and 5a.
(b)"disabled veteran without a livelihood" – a disabled veteran who meets both of the following:
(1)he has no monthly income exceeding half of the determining wage, and unemployment benefits are not being paid to him pursuant to Chapter VII of the National Insurance Law;
(2)he has proved to the compensation officer, pursuant to rules to be prescribed in Regulations, that he has done everything in his power to receive income from employment or occupation.
(c)"livelihood-deprivation compensation" – an amount as set out below, as the case may be:
(1)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is from 10% to 18% – NIS 3,320.30, and if the disabled veteran has a child – NIS 4,852.39;
(2)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is from 19% to 39% – NIS 4,852.39, and if the disabled veteran has a child – NIS 6,919.57;
(3)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is from 40% to 100% – NIS 6,919.57, and if the disabled veteran has a child – NIS 8,973.03;
(4)for a disabled veteran with a special degree of disability pursuant to section 5a – NIS 10,244.44, and if the disabled veteran has a child – NIS 11,369.5.

"the determining grade" – (Repealed).

(d)In addition to what is stated in subsection (c), a disabled veteran without a livelihood who has no family member who is a child shall be paid a supplement of 10% of his compensation, and a disabled veteran without a livelihood who has a family member who is a child shall be paid a supplement of 44% of his compensation.

Special Compensation§

7.
(a)A disabled veteran whom the compensation officer has determined to be permanently and fully unable to earn a livelihood due to his disability shall be paid, in lieu of the compensation referred to in sections 5, 5a and 6 and in section 43(b)(1) and the Regulations pursuant thereto, compensation in an amount as set out below, as the case may be:
(1)if his degree of disability is not less than 50% – an amount of NIS 10,244.44, and if he has a child – an amount of NIS 11,369.5;
(2)if his degree of disability is from 20% to 49% –
(a)if he is unmarried, widowed or divorced and has no child – NIS 7,715.34;
(b)if he is married and has no child – NIS 8,291.59;
(c)if he has a child – NIS 10,006.72.
(a1)In addition to what is stated in subsection (a), a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is not less than 60% and who is entitled to compensation pursuant to subsection (a) shall be paid a supplement to his compensation as set out below:
(1)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is from 60% to 69% – a supplement of 5% of the compensation that would have been paid pursuant to section 5 had he not been entitled to compensation pursuant to subsection (a) (hereinafter – the regular compensation);
(2)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is from 70% to 79% – a supplement of 10% of the regular compensation;
(3)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is from 80% to 89% – a supplement of 15% of the regular compensation;
(4)for a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is from 90% to 100% – a supplement of 20% of the regular compensation;
(5)for a disabled veteran with a special degree of disability pursuant to section 5a, a supplement of 40% of the compensation paid to him pursuant to sections 5 and 5a shall be paid.
(b)A disabled veteran who is entitled to compensation pursuant to subsection (a) and who has a monthly income exceeding the minimum wage per month shall have deducted from the compensation paid to him pursuant to this section one half of the part of his monthly income that exceeds the minimum wage per month; if the monthly income of such a disabled veteran exceeded the average wage, his entitlement to compensation pursuant to this section shall cease.
(c)The compensation officer shall notify the disabled veteran in writing, before deducting from the compensation or ceasing his entitlement to compensation as referred to in subsection (b), of his intention to deduct from the compensation and the amount of the deduction, or of his intention to cease the entitlement, as the case may be; the deduction or cessation of entitlement as aforesaid shall commence in the month following the delivery of the notice.
(d)Compensation pursuant to this section, less the amounts pursuant to subsection (b), shall not be less than the compensation pursuant to section 5 or 5a, as the case may be.
(e)The provisions of this section shall not apply to a disabled veteran who, on the day he submitted a request for compensation pursuant to this section, had reached retirement age as its meaning in the Retirement Age Law, 5764-2004, except for a person who submitted a request for recognition before retirement age and was recognised as a disabled veteran after reaching retirement age and did not work during the five years preceding the submission of his request for recognition pursuant to this Law; however, a disabled veteran who received compensation pursuant to subsection (a)(2) and whose degree of disability rose to at least 50% after he reached retirement age may be approved by the compensation officer for compensation pursuant to subsection (a) or (a1), as the case may be.

Disabled Veterans who have Reached Retirement Age§

7a.
(a)A disabled veteran who receives compensation pursuant to section 5 and is not entitled to compensation pursuant to section 5a or 7 shall be paid, from the day he reaches retirement age, as that expression is used in the Retirement Age Law, 5764-2004 (in this section – retirement age), a supplement of 10% of his compensation, and section 6 shall not apply to him.
(b)A disabled veteran to whom compensation pursuant to section 6 was paid before he reached retirement age shall be paid, from the day he reached the said age, 80% of such compensation.

Supplement for Financing Special Needs§

7b.

A disabled veteran whose degree of disability is not less than 40% shall be paid, in addition to his compensation, a monthly sum for the financing of special needs arising from his disability, as shall be prescribed in Regulations with the approval of the Labour Committee of the Knesset.

Supplement for a Disabled Veteran Aged 55 and Over§

7c.
(a)A disabled veteran aged 55 or over whose degree of disability is not less than 50% shall be paid a supplement to his compensation according to his age, at the rates and on the conditions to be prescribed in Regulations.
(b)A disabled veteran aged 55 or over who has a special degree of disability pursuant to section 5a shall be paid a supplement to his compensation according to his age, at the rates and on the conditions to be prescribed in Regulations.
(b1)A disabled veteran aged 57 or over whose degree of disability is from 40% to 49% shall be paid a supplement to his compensation according to his age, at the rates and on the conditions to be prescribed in Regulations.
(c)Regulations under this section require the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset.

Special Supplement on Account of Early Retirement§

7d.
(a)A disabled veteran aged 50 or over whose degree of disability is at least 35%, or whose degree of disability is at least 20% on account of a head injury or mental injury including post-traumatic stress disorder, and who has wholly retired from his work or occupation, and a physician appointed by the Minister of Defence has determined, with the approval of a compensation officer, that he is incapable of working in any work or engaging in any occupation, shall be paid a supplement to his compensation according to his age, not exceeding the sum of NIS 4,006.86, all at the rates and in the manner to be prescribed in Regulations, with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset.
(b)A disabled veteran shall be entitled to a supplement to his compensation pursuant to subsection (a) even if he has income from work or an occupation, provided that his monthly income does not exceed the minimum wage per month.

Restriction§

7e.
(a)Sections 7c and 7d shall not apply to a disabled veteran who receives compensation pursuant to section 6 or pursuant to section 7, nor to a disabled veteran who receives compensation pursuant to section 43(b)(1) and the Regulations thereunder.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), section 7c shall apply to a disabled veteran who is incapable of working for a period not exceeding 90 consecutive days or who is capable of working on a part-time basis, and who, on that account, is paid compensation pursuant to section 43(b)(1).
7e1.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 32, 2023)

Income not from Work or an Occupation§

7f.

Income that is not income from work or an occupation shall not be taken into account for the purposes of compensation pursuant to sections 6, 7 and 7d.

Two Parents of the Same Sex and Elderly Parents§

8.
(a)Where a disabled veteran has a biological parent and a step-parent or adoptive parent, both of the same sex, only one of them shall be regarded as a family member for this purpose.
(b)A compensation officer may direct that a grandfather or grandmother of a disabled veteran whose maintenance is the responsibility of the disabled veteran be recognised as parents for the purposes of this section, provided that no more than two elderly parents are recognised.

Serious Misconduct§

9.

A disabled veteran whose serious misconduct caused his disability shall not be subject to the provisions of this Law conferring any benefits whatsoever, but if a compensation officer has determined that the disabled veteran is incapable of earning a living on a permanent and full basis on account of his disability, and has also determined that he has no income per month from any source whatsoever exceeding the determining wage, the compensation officer may grant him such of the benefits available to disabled veterans under this Law as shall seem proper in the compensation officer's eyes, provided that they do not exceed the benefits to which that disabled veteran would have been entitled had the provisions of this section not applied.

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