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 V: Organisation
Pensions Officers§
25.
(a)The Minister of Defence shall appoint a pensions officer or pensions officers for the purposes of this Law.
(b)Notice of the appointment of a pensions officer and of his address shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
Appeals Committees§
26.
(a)The Minister of Justice shall appoint an appeals committee or appeals committees for the purposes of this Law.
(b)An appeals committee shall consist of three members; the chairperson of the committee shall be appointed a judge of a District Court, a judge of a Magistrate's Court, or a judge of a Labour Court. At least one of the other members of the committee shall be a qualified physician.
(c)Notice of the appointment of an appeals committee and of its address shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
Ancillary Powers§
27.
Pensions officers and appeals committees shall have the powers of a commission of inquiry appointed under the Commissions of Inquiry Ordinance to which all the powers that may be conferred on such a commission of inquiry under section 5 of that Ordinance have been conferred.
Receipt of Information from the Israel Tax Authority§
27a.
(a)Without derogating from the provisions of section 27 and notwithstanding the provisions of any law, a pensions officer may receive from the Director of the Israel Tax Authority or from a person authorised by him for this purpose information as detailed below:
(1)information regarding income under section 2(1) and (2) of the Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], in the tax year preceding the date of the request for information, of a person who submitted to the pensions officer a request for an allowance under sections 6, 7, 7d or 43, for the purpose of determining his entitlement to allowances under those sections; the pensions officer shall request the information only if it is required for the said purpose and to the extent required, provided that he notified the applicant in writing of his right to refuse at any time to the transfer of the information as aforesaid and the applicant did not give notice of such refusal;
(2)an indication regarding the payment of tax in respect of income under section 2(2) of the Income Tax Ordinance [New Version] by a disabled veteran in the tax year preceding the date of the request for the indication, for the purpose of examining his entitlement to a grant paid under the procedures of the Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Department at the Ministry of Defence to those who paid income tax; the pensions officer shall request the information only if it is required for the said purpose and to the extent required, provided that the disabled veteran consented in writing to the transfer of the indication and did not retract his consent.
(b)Information as referred to in subsection (a) shall be delivered to the pensions officer as an electronic message; however, the Director of the Israel Tax Authority may direct that certain particulars of information be delivered to the pensions officer in another manner, if he finds that there is an impediment to transferring them as aforesaid; in this subsection, "electronic message" – as defined in the Electronic Signature Law, 5761-2001.
Procedure§
28.
Pensions officers and appeals committees shall not be bound by procedural technicalities and rules of evidence, but shall act in the manner that appears to them most beneficial for the clarification of the questions under consideration, including reliance, on a medical question, on an opinion of a medical board or a supreme medical board, to be given at the request of a pensions officer or an appeals committee.
Determination of Degree of Disability Together with Opinion on Causal Link§
28a.
(a)Where a pensions officer has requested a medical board to give an opinion on the causal link between the military service of the discharged soldier or the soldier in regular service and the injury, disease or aggravation of the disease that, according to his claim, caused the disability, he may instruct the medical board also to determine the degree of disability of that discharged soldier or soldier in regular service together with an opinion on the causal link.
(b)Where a pensions officer has recognised the disability of the discharged soldier or the soldier in regular service on the basis of the opinion of a medical board as referred to in subsection (a), he shall notify him of that decision and of the degree of disability determined for him by the medical board as aforesaid; such recognition does not derogate from the right of appeal of the pensions officer in respect of the degree of disability, as referred to in section 12.
(c)Where the discharged soldier or the soldier in regular service has appealed against the decision of the pensions officer pursuant to subsection (b), the period of appeal against the decision of the medical board pursuant to section 12(a) shall not commence until the decision of the pensions officer has become final, notwithstanding anything provided in any regulation made pursuant to section 12(a).
(d)Where the decision of the pensions officer pursuant to subsection (b) has been annulled or varied by the appeals committee or by the Supreme Court – the determination of the degree of disability pursuant to this section shall be void.
Composition of Medical Boards§
29.
(a)The manner of composition of medical boards, their powers and their rules of procedure shall be prescribed by Regulations.
(b)The manner of composition of a supreme medical board, its powers and its rules of procedure shall be prescribed by Regulations.
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Applications§
30.
(a)A person claiming an allowance under this Law shall submit an application to the rehabilitation officer.
(b)A person who has not submitted an application as referred to in subsection (a) and who is claiming another right under this Law is required to submit to the rehabilitation officer an application for recognition as a disabled veteran.
Decision on Applications§
31.
(a)The rehabilitation officer shall consider and decide on every application as expeditiously as possible and no later than the dates prescribed by the Minister.
(b)Where the rehabilitation officer has decided that the claimant is entitled to an allowance or to recognition as a disabled veteran as requested, he shall notify him thereof immediately by registered post.
(c)Where the rehabilitation officer has decided that the claimant is not entitled to an allowance or to recognition as a disabled veteran as requested, he shall notify him thereof immediately by registered post and shall state the grounds for his decision.
Loan Pending Decision§
31a.
(a)Where the rehabilitation officer has recognised a discharged soldier or a soldier in regular service as a disabled veteran but a disability degree has not yet been determined for him, he may, monthly, until the disabled veteran's disability degree is determined, direct that a loan be given to the disabled veteran from the State Treasury in an amount to be determined in accordance with rules prescribed by Regulations; once the disability degree has been determined, the loan shall be regarded as amounts paid to him on account of allowances.
(b)Where the amount of the loan exceeds the amount of the allowances due to the disabled veteran up to the date of determination of his disability degree, the provisions of section 16 shall apply to the excess.
Limitation of Claims§
32.
(a)The right to submit an application under section 30(a) or (b) is extinguished upon the expiry of three years from the date of discharge of the disabled veteran from his military service during which the incident causing his disability occurred; however, if the disability derives from a disease in respect of which the Minister of Defence has prescribed a longer limitation period by Regulations, the right shall be extinguished upon the expiry of that period.
(b)The right to submit an application to the rehabilitation officer to prove that the conditions referred to in section 2 have been fulfilled shall be extinguished within six months from the date of the determination referred to in that section, or within one year from the date of commencement of the Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Law, 5714–1954, whichever is the later date.
(c)The right of a disabled veteran by virtue of service within the meaning of section 1(3) to submit an application for an allowance shall not be extinguished until the expiry of one year from the date of commencement of the Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Law, 5714–1954.
(d)The right of a disabled veteran by virtue of service within the meaning of section 1(3) to submit to the rehabilitation officer an application for a grant shall be extinguished upon the expiry of thirty days from the date of commencement of the Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Law, 5719–1959.
Extension of Limitation Period for a Recorded Injury§
32a.
The rehabilitation officer may extend the period for submission of an application under section 30, notwithstanding the provisions of section 32(a), if he is of the opinion that it is just to do so and that the following conditions have been fulfilled:
(1)the application relates to a disability caused by a recorded injury;
(2)the delay in submitting the application is not likely to substantially impede the obtaining of the evidence required for the examination of the application;
(3)the delay has not resulted, and was not likely to result, directly or indirectly, in an aggravation of the disability to which the application relates, or in a material increase of the burden on the State Treasury in the payment of allowances or in the conferral of another benefit as a result of the aggravation of the disability;
(4)the delay will not impede the State from realising its rights against any third party who is responsible or may be responsible, directly or indirectly, for the injury that is the subject of the application.
In this section, "recorded injury" – an injury that was recorded, shortly after the date of the incident that caused it, in the records of the Israel Defence Forces or in other records maintained by the State or by a public institution approved for this purpose by the Minister of Defence.
Appeal before an Appeals Committee§
33.
(a)A claimant who considers himself aggrieved by any decision of the rehabilitation officer under this Law, other than a decision as aforesaid under Chapter II-A, may appeal against it before an appeals committee within sixty days from the day on which the notice of the decision of the rehabilitation officer reached him; however, the committee may extend the period for appeal for an additional period not exceeding thirty days.
(b)The appeal shall be submitted to the appeals committee in writing in four copies; the committee shall send one copy to the rehabilitation officer whose decision is being appealed.
(c)The appeals committee may confirm or vary the decision of the rehabilitation officer.
(d)A claimant who has submitted an appeal to an appeals committee may appear before it, either personally or through his representative, and present his arguments.
(e)(Repealed).
(f)An appeals committee shall give reasons for its decision.
(g)The chairperson of the appeals committee shall immediately send a copy of the committee's decision to the claimant and to the rehabilitation officer by registered post.
Appeal to a Court§
34.
(a)The claimant or the rehabilitation officer may appeal against a decision of an appeals committee before the District Court, on a point of law only.
(b)The District Court shall hear the appeal by a panel of three, and may confirm the decision of the committee, set it aside, vary it or remit it to the committee.
(c)The Minister of Justice may prescribe by Regulations the time limit for submitting an appeal under subsection (a), the manner of its submission and the rules of procedure applicable to it.
(d)A judgment of the District Court is subject to appeal before the Supreme Court, if leave has been granted by a judge of the Supreme Court.
New Decisions§
35.
(a)The rehabilitation officer may give a new decision on any application, even if a final decision has already been given thereon pursuant to section 33 or 34, if it has been proved that the decision was obtained by an act or omission constituting a criminal offence, or if it has been discovered on the basis of new evidence that was not before the maker of the previous decision that that decision was fundamentally erroneous.
(b)Where a new decision has been given entitling a disabled veteran to payment of allowances or increased allowances, the allowances or increased allowances shall be paid from the date of submission of the new evidence on the basis of which the new decision was given; however, the rehabilitation officer may direct that they be paid from an earlier date, provided that it shall not precede by more than one year the submission of the new evidence.
(b)Where the disabled veteran has not appealed against the liability as aforesaid, or has appealed and the appeal was dismissed – the liability shall have the same effect, for the purpose of execution, as a final judgment of a court.
Temporary Suspension of Allowances§
35b.
Where the rehabilitation officer has reasonable grounds to assume that there is cause to cancel or vary a decision under section 35, and to require a disabled veteran to return amounts paid to him, he may suspend the payment of the allowances to the disabled veteran, in whole or in part, for a period not exceeding 6 months.
Decision on Termination of Disability§
35c.
Where the rehabilitation officer is of the opinion that the disability of a disabled veteran has come to an end, because he has been fully cured of the injury or disease that served as the basis for the disability, or because the aggravation of the disease that served as the basis for the disability has passed without return, he may decide on the termination of the disability and notify the disabled veteran accordingly.
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Payments under this Law and Compensation under Another Law§
36.
(a)A discharged soldier or a disabled veteran who is entitled, by reason of a disability with which he has been afflicted, to payments under this Law, and who is also entitled, by reason of the disease, injury or aggravation of disease as a result of which he was afflicted with that disability, to compensation under another law, the following provisions shall apply to him:
(1)he may take legal steps in order to obtain payments under this Law as well as compensation under the other law, but shall not collect compensation under the other law and payments under this Law simultaneously;
(2)where a grant or payments have been paid to him under this Law, the State is entitled to be compensated for those payments and for any other payment it may be liable to make under this Law, from the person who is obligated to pay him compensation under the other law, up to the amount of such compensation;
(3)where compensation has been paid to him under the other law, the remaining sections of this Law shall not apply to him, except for his right to receive the disabled veterans' insignia;
(4)he is required to render any assistance requested by the rehabilitation officer and to take any reasonable action in order to assist the State Treasury in realising its right under this section, and shall not take any action likely to harm the rights of the State Treasury under this section or to prevent their realisation;
(5)as long as the State has not collected, by any means, what is due to it under paragraph (2), the disabled veteran may, with the consent of the rehabilitation officer, return to it the grant, payments or allowances and also the amount to be determined by the rehabilitation officer in consideration of all other benefits he has received under this Law by reason of the disability that serves as the basis for his claim under the other law, and once those amounts have been paid, the right of the State to claim under paragraph (2) shall lapse, and the disabled veteran shall be entitled to claim under the other law;
(6)where the State has reached a written agreement regarding the compensation with the person liable for it under the other law, and the amount of the compensation and the conditions of its payment have been determined in the agreement, the disabled veteran shall not be entitled to an amount or conditions different from those determined in the agreement, even if the compensation has not yet been collected by the State;
(7)a disabled veteran as referred to in this subsection who has contravened a prohibition under this subsection or has not fulfilled what is required of him thereunder, the rehabilitation officer may deprive him of any right as referred to in this subsection, in whole or in part.
(a1)Where a discharged soldier or a disabled veteran as referred to in subsection (a), who is entitled to payments under this Law, has submitted a claim for tort compensation in respect of an act of terrorism that caused the disability, against the perpetrator of the act of terrorism, the person rewarding the act of terrorism, or a person who bears liability therefor under sections 12 to 14 of the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version], the following provisions shall apply:
(1)the plaintiff shall notify the State of the submission of the said claim;
(2)where the court has ruled in the said claim that the plaintiff is entitled to tort compensation, the plaintiff shall be entitled in his claim to the positive difference between the amount of the tort compensation and the capitalised amount of the payments, or 75% of the amount of the tort compensation, whichever is the higher, and the State's claim under subsection (a)(2) shall be up to the remainder of the amount of the tort compensation;
(3)the provisions of subsection (a)(1), (3), (5) and (6) shall not apply.
(a2)Nothing in the provisions of subsection (a) or (a1) shall derogate from the right to collect exemplary compensation in respect of an act of terrorism, including pursuant to the Law for Compensation of Terrorism Victims (Exemplary Damages), 5784-2024, in addition to payments under this Law.
(b)In this section –
"payments under this Law" – allowances, additional entitlements, grants, payments or any benefit, paid or conferred under this Law;
"compensation under another law" – compensation for civil damages or compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, 1947;
"act of terrorism" – as defined in the Counter-Terrorism Law, 5776-2016;
"capitalised amount of the payments" – the aggregate of the monthly payments paid to the plaintiff or to be paid to him under this Law, capitalised pursuant to section 333 of the National Insurance Law, with the necessary modifications;
"exemplary compensation" – compensation that is not contingent on damage;
"tort compensation" – compensation for damage under the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version];
"plaintiff" – a person who has submitted a claim as referred to in subsection (a1).
Rights under this Law and under the National Insurance Law§
36a.
A disabled veteran who has the option under section 323 of the National Insurance Law, the following provisions shall apply to him:
(1)if he has chosen rights under the National Insurance Law, the provisions of this Law shall not apply to him; without derogating from the provisions of sections 32 and 32a, a disabled veteran shall be regarded as having chosen rights under the National Insurance Law for the purposes of this paragraph if he has not submitted a claim under this Law within three years from the day he submitted a claim under the National Insurance Law; if a person has submitted a claim under this Law within the said period and has been recognised as a disabled veteran, there shall be paid to him, in accordance with the provisions of sections 18 and 18a, an additional entitlement, an allowance under sections 4, 4a, 5 or 5a and also a supplement to the allowance under sections 7a, 7b or 7c, all as the case may be, less payments paid to him under the National Insurance Law from the day he submitted a claim under this Law until the day he was recognised as a disabled veteran; in this paragraph, "claim" – including an application under section 35;
(2)if he has chosen rights under this Law – the State Treasury may claim from the National Insurance Institute compensation for every expense it has incurred or is expected to incur under this Law, up to the amount of the benefits that the National Insurance Institute would have been liable to pay had he chosen rights under the National Insurance Law;
(3)where the National Insurance Institute has compensated the State as referred to in paragraph (2), and the incident also constitutes grounds for requiring a third party to pay compensation to the disabled veteran under the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version], or under the Road Accident Victims Compensation Law, 5735-1975, the National Insurance Institute may claim from that third party compensation under section 328 of the National Insurance Law, in respect of the amounts it has paid or is to pay to the State, as if it were liable to pay those amounts to the disabled veteran, and the provisions of the said section 328 shall apply to the disabled veteran, with the necessary modifications, as if he were entitled to a benefit under the National Insurance Law;
(4)paragraph (3) shall apply to liabilities of the National Insurance Institute under section 9 of the Police Law (Disabled Persons and Casualties), 5741-1981, and under section 14 of the Prison Service Law (Disabled Persons and Casualties), 5720-1960;
(5)a person who has chosen rights under this Law is required to render every assistance and to take every reasonable action in order to assist the State Treasury in realising the right of the State Treasury under paragraph (2).
Rights under this Law and under the State Service Law§
36b.
A disabled veteran who has the option under section 27 of the State Service (Pensions) Law, 5715-1955, and who has chosen rights under this Law, may, with the consent of the rehabilitation officer, cancel his choice and claim his rights under the State Service (Pensions) Law, 5715-1955, if he has returned to the State the grant, allowances or additional entitlements and also the amount to be determined by the rehabilitation officer in consideration of all other benefits he has received under this Law.
Fresh Examinations§
37.
(a)A pensions officer may instruct that a disabled veteran be re-examined once a year, unless the medical board has given a different instruction. However, if the pensions officer had grounds to assume that a change had occurred in the degree of disability of a disabled veteran, he may instruct that the disabled veteran be re-examined at any time after six months have elapsed since the date of the last examination.
(b)A pensions officer is obliged, upon the demand of a disabled veteran, to instruct that he be re-examined, if at least six months have elapsed since the date of the last determination of his degree of disability. However, the pensions officer may make the carrying out of the examination conditional on the disabled veteran depositing a sum estimated to cover the costs thereof, all in accordance with rules prescribed by Regulations.
(c)Where a pensions officer has instructed that a disabled veteran be re-examined, the disabled veteran shall be required to appear, at the time and place prescribed pursuant to the instruction, before a medical board and to undergo any examination required for the purpose of redetermining his degree of disability.
(d)Where a pensions officer has instructed that a disabled veteran be re-examined, and the disabled veteran has not fulfilled one of the obligations imposed on him pursuant to subsection (c), and at least six months have elapsed from the date of the last determination of his degree of disability until the date of his new examination – the pensions officer may instruct that his compensation be reduced until he fulfils that obligation.
(e)The costs of an examination that a pensions officer has instructed pursuant to subsection (b) shall be borne by the disabled veteran, unless the pensions officer has given a different instruction or unless the examination has determined that a change has occurred in his degree of disability; where the costs are borne by the disabled veteran, the pensions officer may treat them as moneys to which section 16 applies.
38.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 5, 1968)
Taking of Compensation or Additional Entitlement in Certain Cases§
39.
Where a disabled veteran who receives compensation or an additional entitlement has not maintained the persons whom he is obliged to support, a pensions officer may take into his hands the compensation or the additional entitlement and use them for the benefit of the disabled veteran and the said persons, or instruct that a person appointed by the pensions officer shall do so.
Status of Balances of Payments Due to a Deceased Disabled Veteran§
39a.
Where a disabled veteran has died and at the time of his death payments were due to him under the Law, the amounts shall be paid, notwithstanding the laws of inheritance, to the person whom the disabled veteran has instructed in writing to the rehabilitation officer; if no such instruction has been given – they shall be paid to his spouse, and in the absence of a spouse – to his heirs.
Status of a Disabled Veteran Serving Imprisonment§
40.
A disabled veteran who is serving a sentence of imprisonment – no allowance shall be paid to him and no additional entitlements shall be conferred on him in respect of the period of imprisonment; however, the rehabilitation officer may direct that the allowance or the additional entitlement, or part thereof, be given to a person whom the disabled veteran is obligated to maintain.
Disabled Veterans' Insignia§
41.
(a)A committee, the manner of whose composition and powers shall be prescribed by Regulations, shall confer upon every disabled veteran whose disability degree is 25% or more a special insignia (hereinafter – the disabled veterans' insignia), and the committee may also confer the insignia upon a disabled veteran whose disability degree is less than 25% but is not less than 10%, if it is of the opinion that he is entitled to the insignia by reason of the type of his disability. The recipient of the insignia may wear it for as long as he is a disabled veteran as aforesaid.
(b)The form of the disabled veterans' insignia, its dimensions and the manner of its conferral, the provisions regarding its manufacture, its trade and any other use thereof, and the manner in which a person whose right to wear it has lapsed shall return the insignia – shall be prescribed by Regulations.
Offences§
42.
(a)A person who wilfully submitted to a medical committee, a supreme medical committee, a pensions officer or an appeals committee false information on a matter connected with his rights under this Law, is liable to imprisonment of up to six months or a fine of up to one hundred and fifty pounds, or both penalties together.
(b)A person who fraudulently obtained a grant, compensation, allowance or additional entitlement, for himself or for another person, is liable to imprisonment of up to two years.
(c)A person who wore the disabled veterans' insignia, or insignia resembling it to the point of being misleading, without being entitled to wear it, or who did any other thing with them that was not permitted to be done, is liable to imprisonment of up to six months or a fine of up to one hundred and fifty pounds, or both penalties together.
(d)This section does not derogate from a person's criminal liability under any other law.
Treatment of Disabled Veterans§
43.
(a)Every disabled veteran shall receive, at the expense of the State, under conditions to be prescribed by Regulations, treatment for a disease with which he was afflicted, or for an injury he sustained, or for a disease that was aggravated during the period of his service as a result of his service, whenever the need for such treatment becomes apparent; such treatment shall be provided in accordance with the type of the disability; the Department shall provide adapted treatment for victims of combat shock.
(a1)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the National Health Insurance Law, 5754-1994 (in this section – the National Health Insurance Law) shall apply to a disabled veteran whose degree of disability is less than 10% and to a disabled veteran who is entitled to a grant under this Law, and medical treatment shall be provided to him through health maintenance organisations.
(a2)Regulations under subsection (a) may relate to disabled veterans with different degrees of disability, as the Minister shall prescribe.
(a3)A disabled veteran with a special degree of disability as referred to in section 5a is entitled to receive, at his election, in addition to treatment referred to in subsection (a), treatment at the expense of the State, even if that treatment is not for a disease with which he was afflicted, for an injury he sustained, or for a disease that was aggravated during the period of his service as a result of his service, whenever the need for such treatment becomes apparent and in accordance with rules prescribed by the Minister of Defence with the approval of the Labour, Welfare and Health Committee of the Knesset; however, a disabled veteran as aforesaid shall not be entitled under this subsection to cosmetic treatment whose purpose is beauty and treatment of physical appearance.
(a4)The election by a disabled veteran to receive treatment as referred to in subsection (a3) shall not be regarded as entitlement to treatment by virtue of another enactment for the purposes of section 3(a) of the National Health Insurance Law, and it shall not have the effect of negating entitlement to treatment under any law or agreement, including an insurance contract; if the disabled veteran elected to receive the treatment under the National Health Insurance Law or under any law or agreement as aforesaid, and a self-participation obligation in the financing of the treatment applies to him, he shall receive a reimbursement from the State, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Minister of Defence, up to the amount of his self-participation.
(b)The Minister of Defence shall prescribe by Regulations the following matters:
(1)compensation, or additional compensation, to be paid to disabled veterans who are receiving treatment under subsection (a) and who, as a result of the treatment, are unable to work;
(2)deductions from the compensation of disabled veterans who are receiving such treatment and whose sustenance during treatment is at the expense of the State.
(b1)Regulations under subsection (b) may prescribe different provisions in respect of disabled veterans with different degrees of disability, as the Minister shall prescribe.
(b2)The Minister of Defence shall appoint, for the purpose of treating disabled veterans, a chief authorised physician and a deputy chief authorised physician, regional authorised physicians and district authorised physicians; a notice of the appointment of a physician as aforesaid and the areas of activity designated for him shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
(c)"treatment", in this section – medical treatment, including surgical treatment, medical examinations, hospitalisation, home treatment, convalescence, and the supply of medicines, medical devices, prostheses, orthopaedic devices, mobility devices for amputees and for paralysed persons, and guide dogs for the blind, and participation in the expenses of maintaining all of the foregoing.
State Participation in Payment of Insurance Arrangements§
43a.
A disabled veteran who is entitled to a monthly compensation for whom insurance arrangements as referred to in section 14(b)(1) have been made for his benefit, or for whom the State has made a supplementary health insurance arrangement for his benefit, is entitled to State participation in the insurance premiums for such insurance, in an amount prescribed by the Minister of Defence with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset.
Medical Treatment and Compensation for a Discharged Soldier§
43b.
(a)A discharged soldier shall receive, during the period between the submission of his claim and his recognition as a disabled veteran, medical treatment at the expense of the State.
(b)If a pensions officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a discharged soldier will be recognised as a disabled veteran, he shall direct that the discharged soldier receive, during the period between the submission of his application under Chapter VI and the decision thereon, compensation paid to a disabled veteran under section 43; where such compensation has been paid, the following provisions shall apply:
(1)if the discharged soldier is recognised as a disabled veteran, the compensation shall be regarded as a payment on account of the compensation due to him by virtue of section 43;
(2)if the discharged soldier is not recognised as a disabled veteran, he is obliged to repay the compensation paid to him as aforesaid, at the time and under the conditions to be determined by the pensions officer.
44.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 32, 2023)
Disabled Veteran Injured in Two Wars§
44a.
If a disabled veteran under this Law is also recognised as a disabled veteran under the Nazis Persecution Disabled Veterans Law, 5714-1954, the pensions officer may, at the request of the disabled veteran, treat his disability under the Nazis Persecution Disabled Veterans Law, 5714-1954 as if it were a disability under this Law; if the pensions officer accedes to the disabled veteran's request, the Nazis Persecution Disabled Veterans Law, 5714-1954 shall no longer apply to the disability.
Support for Activities for the Benefit of Disabled Veterans§
44b.
(a)An annual budget for the support of public institutions for the purpose of carrying out activities for the benefit of disabled veterans, including the activities detailed below, shall be determined in the budget item of the Ministry of Defence in the annual budget law, in an amount not less than 150 million new shekels per year (in this section – the support funds):
(1)operation, construction and renovation of rehabilitation, sports, cultural and social facilities;
(2)rehabilitation, sports, cultural and social activities;
(3)activities for the promotion, improvement and realisation of rights.
(b)The Minister of Defence shall prescribe criteria for the support of public institutions as referred to in subsection (a) pursuant to section 3a of the Budget Foundations Law.
(c)The amount stated in this section shall be updated on 1 January once every five years commencing from 2031 (hereinafter – the update date), in accordance with the rate of increase of the Consumer Price Index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics before the update date compared to the index published before the previous update date, and for the purposes of the first update – compared to the index published before the 12th of Tevet 5786 (1 January 2026).
(d)A public institution receiving support under this section shall submit to the Minister of Defence, by 1 February of each year, a report on the use made of the support funds in respect of the fiscal year preceding that date.
(e)The Minister of Defence shall report to the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, by 1 March of each year, on the amounts of support granted to each public institution under this section and on the utilisation of the support funds for the various activities by public institutions, in respect of the fiscal year preceding that date.
(f)In this section –
"Budget Foundations Law" – the Budget Foundations Law, 5745-1985;
"annual budget law" – as defined in the Budget Foundations Law;
"public institution" – and "budget item" – as defined in section 3a of the Budget Foundations Law.
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