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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Section D: Exceptions Committee for Additional Entitlement
Exceptions Committee for Additional Entitlement§
9am.
(a)The Minister of Defence shall establish a committee that shall be empowered to approve all of the following (in this section – the Exceptions Committee for Additional Entitlement):
(1)the increase of the monetary amount fixed for a specific additional entitlement under this Chapter, other than in respect of Section C, in exceptional cases and for special reasons that shall be recorded, provided that the disabled veteran has fulfilled all the conditions for receipt of that additional entitlement;
(2)notwithstanding the provisions of section 18a(a), the granting of an additional entitlement listed in the Schedule, where a welfare officer has found that it was not provided to a disabled veteran who is entitled thereto, even though he fulfilled the conditions for its receipt, in respect of a period during which it was not provided, exceeding seven years;
(3)the funding of services and reimbursement of expenses not regulated under this Chapter that arise from the disability, are connected thereto and are intended for the rehabilitation and welfare of the disabled veteran, at a maximum amount of NIS 67,559 in exceptional and rare cases that could not have been foreseen.
(b)The Minister of Defence shall determine the composition of the Exceptions Committee, provided that one of its members shall be a representative of the representative organisation, the rules of procedure of the Committee, the maximum rates of increase that the Committee may approve, and the criteria for the approval of additional entitlements.
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Contact Us →Section E: Miscellaneous Provisions
Conflict of Interests§
9an.
(a)In this section –
"family member" – spouse, parent, grandparent, son or daughter and their spouses, brother or sister and their children, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, uncle or aunt and their children, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandson or granddaughter, including a relative as aforesaid who is a step-relative;
"interested party" – as defined in the Securities Law, 5728-1968;
"the Committee" – one of the following:
(1)the Advisory Committee for Housing established under section 9t;
(2)the Mobility Exceptions Committee established under section 9al;
(3)the Exceptions Committee established under section 9am;
(4)the Committee for the grant of assistance beyond the strict requirement of the law under section 44c;
"handling" – including the making of a decision, the raising of a matter for discussion, presence at a discussion, participation in a discussion or in a vote, or engagement in a matter outside a discussion;
"conflict of interests", of a member of the Committee – a conflict of interests between the performance of his role in the Committee and a personal interest or another role, of his own or of his relative;
"relative", of a member of the Committee – any one of the following:
(1)a family member of the member of the Committee;
(2)a person in whose economic situation the member of the Committee has an interest;
(3)a corporation in which the member of the Committee, his family member or a person referred to in paragraph (2) is an interested party;
(4)a body in which the member of the Committee, his family member or a person referred to in paragraph (2) are managers or responsible employees.
(b)A person who, by virtue of his membership, would regularly find himself in a situation of conflict of interests that would prevent him from performing the main part of his role in the Committee shall not be appointed as a member of the Committee and shall not serve as such.
(c)A member of the Committee shall not handle, within the framework of his role, a matter whose handling would cause him to find himself in a situation of conflict of interests.
(d)Where a member of the Committee becomes aware that he may find himself in a situation of conflict of interests as referred to in subsections (b) or (c), he shall notify the chairperson of the Committee thereof as soon as possible; where the said member of the Committee is the chairperson, he shall notify the Minister of Defence thereof.
(e)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a member of the Committee who is a representative of the representative organisation shall not be considered to be in a situation of conflict of interests solely by reason of the fact that he is a member of the representative organisation or holds a position therein.
Application of Laws§
9ao.
Members of the Committee as referred to in section 9an who are not State employees shall, in their actions as members of the Committee, have the same legal status as State employees, for the purposes of the following enactments and in respect of their actions in the Committee:
(1)Public Service (Gifts) Law, 5740-1979;
(2)Penal Law, 5737-1977 – the provisions relating to public employees;
(3)Public Service (Restrictions after Retirement) Law, 5729-1969;
(4)State Service (Restriction of Party Activity and Collection of Funds) Law, 5719-1959 – the provisions relating to all State employees;
(5)Evidence Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971 – the provisions relating to a certificate of a public employee;
(6)Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969.
Confidentiality§
9ap.
A member of a committee as referred to in section 9an who has received information as a member of the committee is obliged to keep it confidential and shall not be permitted to disclose it except for the purpose of performing his role and in accordance with the provisions of any law.
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Contact Us →Chapter III: Determination of Disability
Determination of Disability Rating§
10.
(a)A medical committee shall determine from time to time the disability rating of a disabled veteran.
(b)Disability ratings and the periods of their application shall be determined in accordance with tests and rules to be prescribed by the Minister of Defence. In the tests and rules as aforesaid, the Minister of Defence shall distinguish, for the purpose of defining the type of disability and determining the disability rating, between mental disorders of any kind whatsoever, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders.
Allowances for a Disabled Veteran under This Law and under the Hostile Actions Casualties Law§
10a.
(a)Where a person has been harmed by a hostile action injury and has been recognised, before or after the injury, as a disabled veteran entitled to allowances under this Law, the impairments resulting from the hostile action injury shall be regarded as if they are the result of an injury that occurred during the period of military service and as a result of service, and his disability rating shall be determined anew; in this subsection, "hostile action injury" – as its meaning in the Allowances for Victims of Hostile Actions Law, 5730-1970.
(b)A person in respect of whom, but for the provisions of subsection (a), his right to receive allowances under this Law would have lapsed, the said provisions shall cease to apply to him from the day on which his right would have lapsed as aforesaid.
Refusal to Receive Medical Treatment§
11.
Where a medical committee is of the opinion that had a disabled veteran received surgical treatment or other medical treatment, his disability rating would have been reduced, and he has refused, without sufficient justification, to receive the treatment, a welfare officer may direct that any allowance to which the disabled veteran is entitled be reduced by up to half.
Supreme Medical Committee§
12.
(a)A discharged soldier or a soldier in regular service who considers himself aggrieved by a decision of a medical committee may, under the conditions to be prescribed in Regulations, appeal against it before a Supreme Medical Committee.
(b)A welfare officer may, under the conditions to be prescribed in Regulations, appeal before a Supreme Medical Committee against any decision of a medical committee.
Appeal to the District Court§
12a.
(a)A discharged soldier or a soldier in regular service, as well as a pensions officer, may appeal against a decision of a Supreme Medical Board to the District Court, on a point of law only.
(b)The court hearing the appeal may affirm the decision of the Supreme Medical Board, annul it, vary it or remit it to the Board.
(c)The Minister of Justice may prescribe by Regulations the time for filing the appeal under subsection (a), the manner of its filing and the procedure governing it.
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Contact Us →Chapter IV: Payments
Time for Payment of Allowances§
13.
An allowance shall be paid monthly, at the end of each month.
Prohibition of Transfer of Allowance or Additional Entitlement and Provisions Regarding Deduction from Monthly Allowance§
14.
(a)A disabled veteran is prohibited from transferring to another his right to an allowance or to an additional entitlement, or from giving them as security, or from charging them with any charge whatsoever.
(b)
(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a pensions officer shall deduct from the monthly allowance paid to a disabled veteran under this Law membership fees to the representative organisation, payments to a mutual assistance fund of the representative organisation for participation in mutual life insurance and mutual nursing care insurance arranged through the representative organisation, all or part thereof, as the case may be;
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a pensions officer, after having received an express written request from the disabled veteran or from a family member receiving allowances under section 20a, shall deduct from the monthly allowance paid to the disabled veteran or the family member as aforesaid, after making other deductions pursuant to any law, membership fees to a sports facility and club operated by the representative organisation, as well as a payment in respect of a loan received by the disabled veteran from the representative organisation;
(3)The Department shall transfer to the representative organisation a monthly report on each of the deductions from the monthly allowance paid to the disabled veteran or the family member under this section, as the case may be.
(c)
(1)The Minister of Defence, with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, shall prescribe by Regulations the maximum amounts that may be deducted each month from a disabled veteran's allowances under subsection (b)(1);
(2)A deduction in respect of a loan as referred to in subsection (b)(2) shall not exceed the following rates, as the case may be:
(a)one half of the allowance – in respect of a disabled veteran receiving a monthly allowance whose degree of disability is 10% to 19%, or in respect of a family member of such a disabled veteran who receives an allowance under section 20a;
(b)25% of the allowance – in respect of a disabled veteran receiving a monthly allowance whose degree of disability is 20% or more, or a family member of such a disabled veteran who receives an allowance under section 20a;
(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the Minister of Defence, with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe maximum deduction rates different from those stated in that paragraph, taking into account, inter alia, the degree of disability.
(c1)The pensions officer shall not exercise his authority to deduct from the monthly allowance as referred to in subsection (b)(1) except after having notified the disabled veteran in writing of his right to submit a written objection to the deduction.
(d)
(1)If the disabled veteran notified the pensions officer in writing of his objection to the deduction as referred to in subsection (b)(1), or if the disabled veteran or a family member receiving an allowance under section 20a notified in writing that he is withdrawing his request as referred to in subsection (b)(2), the deduction shall cease at the end of one month from the date of receipt of the notice;
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a disabled veteran from whose allowance a pensions officer first commenced deducting the payments under subsection (b)(1) and who notified, within 30 days of the notice of the pensions officer as referred to in subsection (c1), of his objection to the deduction, shall have the amount of the deduction from the allowance refunded to him.
Prohibition of Attachment of Allowance or Additional Entitlement§
15.
No attachment may be imposed on an allowance or on an additional entitlement; the provisions of this section shall also apply to monies paid through a banking corporation or through the company as defined in the Postal Law, 5746-1986, while providing services under section 88a of that Law, for a period of thirty days from the date on which they were paid.
Deduction of Overpayments§
16.
(a)If a disabled veteran has been paid monies in excess of the amount due to him under this Law (in this section – overpayments), the pensions officer shall deduct an amount not exceeding the overpayments from any payment due to the disabled veteran under this Law, having regard to his circumstances and the circumstances of the matter, provided that in no month shall an amount exceeding one third of the monthly payments due to him under this Law in that month be deducted; the pensions officer may, for special reasons that shall be recorded, and with the approval of the Accountant General at the Ministry of Finance or his representative, refrain from deducting the overpayments, in whole or in part.
(b)A pensions officer shall notify a disabled veteran in writing, before deducting overpayments under subsection (a), of his intention to deduct them and of the amount of the overpayments (in this section – the notice), and the disabled veteran shall be given an opportunity to make his submissions in this regard within 60 days from the date on which the notice was delivered to him.
(c)Overpayments under this section shall be calculated in respect of a period not exceeding seven years preceding the date of the notice.
(d)Deduction of the overpayments shall commence within two years at most from the date of the notice, and if they have not been deducted within that period, the overpayments shall be calculated in respect of the seven years preceding the date of commencement of the deduction.
17.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 32, 2023)
From When Allowances Are Paid§
18.
(a)Allowances due to a disabled veteran shall be paid from the date of his discharge from military service during which the event that caused his disability occurred – if he submitted a claim for such payments within one year from the date of his discharge; in any other case – from the date of submission of the claim, unless the Medical Board has set a later date therefor.
(b)A person who submitted a claim whilst in regular service shall be paid the allowances due to him –
(1)if the cause of the claim was an injury – from the date on which the injury occurred, provided that if he submitted his claim after one year had elapsed from that date, the allowances shall be paid from one year before the date of submission;
(2)in any other case – from the date of submission of the claim, unless the Medical Board has set a later date therefor.
(c)Allowances due to a person entitled under section 20a(b) or (c) shall be paid from the date on which the cause for their payment arose, if a claim was submitted within one year from that date, and in any other case – from the date of submission of the claim.
(d)If a change occurs in a disabled veteran's family composition that entitles him to an increase in his allowances, he is obliged to notify the pensions officer thereof within two years from the date of the change; if he notified after two years from the date of the change, he shall be entitled to the increase in his allowances only from the date of delivery of the notice.
(e)A pensions officer may require a disabled veteran to submit to him once a year a declaration regarding his family composition and other particulars that may affect the allowances to which he is entitled under this Law; if the disabled veteran did not comply with the requirement within sixty days from the date of its delivery, the pensions officer may direct that, until the declaration regarding a certain particular is delivered, the disabled veteran shall be paid allowances calculated as if that particular does not affect the rate of his allowances.
(f)A disabled veteran who, by reason of mental illness or intellectual impairment, did not submit a claim for allowances until after the period prescribed in subsection (a) and after a guardian was appointed for him – shall be paid allowances from the date of his discharge from military service if the guardian submitted the claim within one year from the date of his appointment; in any other case the allowances shall be paid from the date on which the guardian submitted the claim, however the pensions officer may direct that the allowances be paid from an earlier date, provided that it does not precede the date of discharge.
From When Additional Entitlements Are Paid§
18a.
(a)
(1)An additional entitlement listed in the Schedule shall be granted to a disabled veteran from the date on which the conditions for receiving it were fulfilled in his regard, without the need to submit a request therefor;
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if a pensions officer found that an additional entitlement under that paragraph was not granted even though the conditions for receiving it were fulfilled, the additional entitlement shall be granted in respect of the period during which it was not granted, not exceeding seven years.
(b)
(1)An additional entitlement not listed in the Schedule shall be granted to a disabled veteran from the date on which the conditions for receiving it were fulfilled in his regard, provided that he submitted a request for the additional entitlement within 30 months from the date on which the conditions were so fulfilled;
(2)If a request for an additional entitlement as referred to in paragraph (1), other than a request for an additional entitlement granted on a one-time basis, was submitted after 30 months had elapsed from the date on which the conditions for receiving it were fulfilled, the additional entitlement shall also be granted to the disabled veteran in respect of a period of 12 months preceding the date of submission of the request.
(c)
(1)If entitlement to a monthly allowance under this Law was recognised, including entitlement to an increase of the allowance (in this subsection – the recognition decision), and the recognition decision determined that the entitlement to the allowance shall apply from a date earlier than the date on which the recognition decision was given (in this subsection – the commencement date of entitlement), additional entitlements shall be granted from the commencement date of entitlement only in respect of the period during which the conditions for receiving them were met, and in respect of an additional entitlement not listed in the Schedule – on condition that the request for receiving it was submitted within 30 months from the date of the recognition decision; if a request as aforesaid was submitted after the expiry of the 30-month period, the additional entitlement shall also be granted in respect of a period of 12 months preceding the date of submission of the request;
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister of Defence may prescribe provisions regarding an additional entitlement that shall not be granted in respect of the period preceding the date of the recognition decision, or that shall be granted under conditions and in ways that he shall prescribe.
(d)The provisions of this section shall apply unless otherwise prescribed in respect of a particular additional entitlement in this Law.
Manner of Payment of Allowances and Additional Entitlements in Arrears§
18b.
(a)Payments under this Law that are paid in arrears shall be paid at their updated rate in the month of actual payment.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), an allowance under section 43(b) whose basis of calculation is the income of the disabled veteran, paid in arrears, shall be paid with the addition of linkage differentials according to the rate of increase of the consumer price index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, published most recently before the month of actual payment, compared with the index as aforesaid published most recently in the month preceding the month in respect of which the allowance is paid.
Non-Application of the Adjudication of Interest and Linkage Law§
18c.
The Adjudication of Interest and Linkage Law, 5721-1961, shall not apply to a payment made under this Law.
Commencement of Allowance for a Disabled Veteran by Virtue of Service§
19.
No date earlier than the commencement of the Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Law, 5714-1954 shall be set for a disabled veteran by virtue of service within the meaning of section 1(3) as the date for the commencement of payment of allowances.
To Whom Allowances Are Paid§
20.
An allowance shall be paid to the disabled veteran to whom it is due; however, a pensions officer may direct that an allowance in respect of a family member be paid to that family member, or to the person in whose custody that family member is found.
Allowances after the Death of a Disabled Veteran§
20a.
(a)If a disabled veteran who was entitled to allowances at the time of his death passes away, and under the Fallen Soldiers' Families Law no allowances are paid in his respect, the allowance shall continue to be paid at the rate at which it was payable at that time, until the end of 36 months from the end of the month in which the death occurred, to the family member indicated by the disabled veteran pursuant to section 39a, and in the absence of such an indication – to his spouse, and in the absence of a spouse, to the family member indicated by the pensions officer.
(b)If in the circumstances referred to in subsection (a) the degree of disability of the disabled veteran on the eve of his death was 50% or more and he was at that time entitled to an allowance under section 7, his spouse shall be paid, upon the expiry of the period prescribed in subsection (a), allowances at the rate payable to a widow under section 7 or 8 of the Fallen Soldiers' Families Law, as the case may be, for as long as the spouse does not have an income sufficient for a livelihood as referred to in that Law and for as long as he or she would have continued to be entitled to allowances under that Law had he or she been the spouse of a soldier who fell in battle as referred to in that Law; if the spouse's income exceeded the income sufficient for a livelihood as aforesaid, the excess over such income shall be deducted from the allowance; if the disabled veteran had no spouse on the eve of his death but had an orphan within the meaning of the Fallen Soldiers' Families Law, or if the spouse of the deceased disabled veteran died and left behind such an orphan of the disabled veteran, the orphan shall be paid, upon the expiry of the period prescribed in subsection (a), allowances at the rate payable to an orphan under section 9 of the Fallen Soldiers' Families Law, for as long as he is an orphan within the meaning of that Law.
(c)A disabled veteran who was entitled to allowances at the time of his death, and on the eve of his death had a special degree of disability as referred to in section 5a even if he was not entitled to allowances under section 7, or whose degree of disability was 90% or more as a result of a head injury of a type prescribed by Regulations for this purpose and who was at that time entitled to allowances under section 7, shall be regarded as a soldier who fell in battle as referred to in the Fallen Soldiers' Families Law.
(d)Subsection (b) shall apply to the spouse of a disabled veteran who died after the 29th of Adar Bet 5736 (31 March 1976).
Payment from the State Treasury§
21.
The grants, allowances and additional entitlements under this Law shall be paid from the State Treasury.
Repayment of Rehabilitation Loans§
22.
(a)If a disabled veteran received, whether before or after the commencement of the Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Law, 5712-1952, a rehabilitation loan from the State Treasury or with a State guarantee or pursuant to an arrangement made by the Ministry of Defence, the pensions officer may – in respect of a disabled veteran who is entitled to allowances or to an additional entitlement – direct that a portion not exceeding one third of the monthly payments due to him be withheld until the loan is repaid in full.
(b)"Rehabilitation loan", in this section – a loan of which the pensions officer is satisfied that it was given for rehabilitation, housing or residential purposes, or a loan given under Chapter II-A, under the conditions and in the amounts prescribed under that Chapter.
(c)If the State discharged a guarantee given to a disabled veteran by virtue of regulations under paragraphs (3) or (4) of section 45(a), the amount discharged shall, for the purposes of this section, be treated as a rehabilitation loan.
Crediting of Prior Payments§
23.
If a disabled veteran received from the State, during the period from the date of his discharge until the date of entry into force of this Law, payments for his maintenance and the maintenance of his family members, and he is entitled to allowances under this Law, the pensions officer may credit such payments against the disabled veteran's allowances in respect of that period.
24.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 5, 1968)
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