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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 VII-A: The Committee for the Grant of Assistance Beyond the Letter of the Law

The Committee for the Grant of Assistance Beyond the Letter of the Law to Disabled Veterans and to Family Members of Disabled Veterans with Special Characteristics§

44c.
(a)The Minister of Defence shall establish a committee that shall be entitled to decide, in exceptional cases, on the following (in this Chapter – the Committee):
(1)the grant of assistance beyond the letter of the law to a disabled veteran;
(2)the grant of assistance beyond the letter of the law to a family member of a disabled veteran with special characteristics, by reason of severe distress into which he has fallen in connection with the disabled veteran's disability, for reasons that shall be recorded; in this section, "disabled veteran with special characteristics" – a disabled veteran in whom one of the following applies:
(a)a degree of disability of 35% or more has been determined for him on account of a head impairment or a mental impairment, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder;
(b)a degree of disability of 100% or a special degree of disability has been determined for him.
(b)In making its decision, the Committee is entitled to consider socio-economic, humanitarian and rehabilitative considerations.
(c)The Minister of Defence shall prescribe by Regulations the composition of the Committee, whose members shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d), provided that the following conditions are met:
(1)the chairperson of the Committee shall be a retired judge;
(2)the Committee shall have no more than six additional members in addition to the chairperson, of whom at least two thirds shall be State employees;
(3)in respect of applications by a disabled veteran with special characteristics or his family member as referred to in subsection (a) – one of the members of the Committee shall be a social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist.
(d)
(1)the Minister of Justice, on the recommendation of the Minister of Defence, shall appoint the chairperson of the Committee;
(2)the Minister of Defence shall appoint the remaining members of the Committee;
(3)a notice of the appointment of the members of the Committee shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
(e)The Committee shall render its decision on applications for the grant of assistance within three months from the date of receipt of all the documents required for the determination of the application; the Committee's decisions shall be published on the Department's website without identifying details.
(f)The Minister of Defence shall prescribe the working rules of the Committee, including in respect of applications by family members of a disabled veteran with special characteristics, and may prescribe different rules for types of disabled veterans with special characteristics, including victims of combat shock.

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Chapter VIII: Implementation and Transitional Provisions

Regulations concerning Rehabilitation of Disabled Veterans§

45.
(a)The Minister of Defence may make Regulations on the following matters:
(1)the provision of a vocation to disabled veterans and their training for work at the expense of the State;
(2)the grant of payments and the provision of loans to disabled veterans for the purpose of providing them with a vocation and training them for work, and the manner of repayment of such loans;
(3)the provision of places of business to disabled veterans;
(4)the grant of loans and guarantees to disabled veterans for the purpose of creating or consolidating sources of livelihood, and the manner of repayment of such loans;
(5)the grant of loans and guarantees to disabled veterans for housing and accommodation purposes, and the manner of repayment of such loans;
(6)any other matter which, in the opinion of the Minister of Defence, may ease the absorption of disabled veterans into the economic life of the State and their establishment therein;
(7)the determination of procedure in any matter dealt with in the Regulations;
(8)the appointment of rehabilitation officers and other authorities for the implementation of the Regulations, and the determination of their powers, areas of activity and working procedures;
(9)the method of capitalisation, for the purposes of section 36, of payments under this Law as defined in section 36(b).
(b)The provisions of subsection (a) do not derogate from the powers vested in the Minister of Defence pursuant to other provisions of this Law or pursuant to the Discharged Soldiers (Return to Work) Law, 5709-1949.
(c)Additional provisions prescribed by the Minister of Defence in Regulations as necessary for the purpose of adapting the Law to disabled veterans by virtue of service as defined in section 1(3) shall apply to such disabled veterans.

Regulations concerning Income§

45a.
(a)The Minister of Defence, with the approval of the Minister of Finance, may prescribe by Regulations what constitutes income, for the purposes of this Law, in whole or in part, and may prescribe this for all disabled veterans or family members of disabled veterans, or for certain categories thereof.
(b)The Minister of Defence, with the approval of the Minister of Finance, may prescribe the means of proof of income for the purposes of this Law.

Reporting to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset§

45b.
(a)The Minister of Defence and the Head of the Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Department shall report to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset, at the beginning of each year, on all of the following:
(1)the work plan of the Department for the coming year and its objectives;
(2)the manner of distribution of the Department's budget;
(3)the activity of the Department and the benchmarks by which it is assessed;
(4)in respect of the last six months of the year preceding the report – compliance with the Department's objectives, implementation of its work plan and utilisation of its budget;
(5)any other matter connected with the activity of the Department, as required by the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset.
(b)The Head of the Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Department shall report to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset, six months after each report as referred to in subsection (a), on compliance with the Department's objectives, implementation of its work plan and utilisation of its budget during the period that has elapsed since the last report under subsection (a), as well as on any other matter connected with the activity of the Department, as required by the Committee.
46.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 5, 1968)

Validation of Acts§

47.

An act performed after the 10th of Nisan 5714 (13 April 1954) and before the commencement of the Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Law, 5719-1959, which would have been lawfully done had the said Law been in force at that time, shall be regarded as if it had been lawfully done.

Implementation and Regulations and Amendment of the Schedule§

48.
(a)The Minister of Defence is responsible for the implementation of this Law, and may, after consultation with the representative organisation and with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, make Regulations on any matter relating to its implementation.
(b)Without derogating from the provisions of subsection (a), Regulations under Chapter II-A and under sections 18a and 44c(f), which have a budgetary impact, shall also be made after consultation with the Minister of Finance.
(c)The Minister of Defence may, by Order, add to the Schedule additional entitlements to be granted without the need to submit an application as referred to in section 18a(a)(1), or – after consultation with the representative organisation and with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset – remove from the Schedule additional entitlements as aforesaid.

Update of Amounts and Increase of Rates of the Determining Wage, Compensation and Supplement to Compensation§

49.
(a)The following amounts shall be updated on 1 January and on 1 July of each year, in accordance with the rate of increase of the new index compared to the base index:
(1)the amount fixed in the definition of "determining wage" in section 1;
(2)the amounts fixed in sections 6 and 7d;
(3)the amounts of compensation and supplement to compensation prescribed in Regulations under sections 7b, 7d, 43(b)(1) and 45(a)(1) and (2).
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the update on the 20th of Tevet 5784 (1 January 2024) shall be in accordance with the rate of increase of the first-half index for 2023 compared to the wage index for the month of October 2019, as known on the 11th of Adar 5780 (15 March 2020), less a deduction of 7.53%.
(c)If the new index falls compared to the base index, the amounts referred to in subsection (a) shall not be updated.
(d)If the new index rises compared to the base index, the amounts referred to in subsection (a) shall be updated in accordance with the rate of increase of the new index compared to the base index; however, if the index that applied since the last date on which amounts were updated under this subsection in fact fell, the rate of decline in the index shall be deducted from the rate of increase, in accordance with the duration of the period during which the index fell and the amounts were not updated.
(e)In this section –

"the index" – the first-half index as calculated in accordance with the data known on 15 November of that year or the second-half index as calculated in accordance with the data known on 15 May of the following year;

"the base index" – the index calculated before the date on which amounts were last updated under this section;

"the new index" – for the purposes of a January update, the first-half index of the preceding year, and for the purposes of a July update, the second-half index of the preceding year;

"first-half index" – the semi-annual average of the wage index for the months of January to June;

"second-half index" – the semi-annual average of the wage index for the months of July to December;

"wage index" – the average monthly wage index per salaried position in the total of all public services, published by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Update of Amounts of Additional Entitlements – Financial Assistance§

50.
(a)
(1)The additional entitlements provided by way of financial assistance under Chapter II-A and the amounts referred to in sections 9c(b) and 9n(b) shall be updated on 1 January of each year (in this section – the update date), in accordance with the rate of increase of the new index compared to the base index, all unless expressly otherwise prescribed in respect of a specific additional entitlement;
(2)if the new index falls compared to the base index, the amounts of the additional entitlements shall not be updated, and on the next update date on which the new index rises compared to the said base index, the amounts of the additional entitlements shall be updated as referred to in paragraph (1) in accordance with the rate of increase of the new index compared to the said base index;
(3)in this subsection –

"the index" – the Consumer Price Index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics;

"the base index" – the last index published before the previous update date;

"the new index" – the last index published before the update date.

(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the amounts of the assistance levels under sections 9v and 9ag(a) shall be updated on 1 February of each year, in accordance with the rate of change of the new index compared to the base index; in this subsection –

"the index" – the new cars index as published in the Consumer Price Index table (including value added tax) of selected products and services, published by the Central Bureau of Statistics;

"the base index" – the annual average of the index calculated before the date on which amounts were last updated under this subsection in respect of the year preceding that date;

"the new index" – the annual average of the index in the year preceding the update date.

(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the mobility payments as detailed in sections 9ab and 9ag(e) shall be updated on 1 January and on 1 July of each year (in this subsection – the update date) in accordance with the rate of change of the new index compared to the base index; in this subsection –

"the index" – the fuel and oils for vehicles index as published in the Consumer Price Index table (including value added tax) of selected products and services, as published by the Central Bureau of Statistics;

"the base index" – the last index published before the previous update date;

"the new index" – the last index published before the update date.

(d)The amounts of additional entitlements that were updated as referred to in this section shall be rounded upward to the nearest whole new shekel.

Publication of Updated Amounts§

51.

The Minister of Defence shall publish in Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the Department's website a notice of the updated amounts under sections 49 and 50.

Restrictions on Update of Amounts§

52.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 49, the Minister of Defence, in consultation with the representative organisation, with the consent of the Minister of Finance and with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, may amend, by Order, in exceptional cases, the rate of update of amounts under section 49, for a limited period to be determined, provided that the rate of update so determined shall not be negative.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 50, the Minister of Defence, with the consent of the Minister of Finance and with the approval of the Labour and Welfare Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe a different method of update in respect of a specific additional entitlement that is financial assistance.

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Schedule (Section 18a)

Additional entitlements granted without the need to submit an application

1.§

Annual assistance by grant for payment of insurance premiums for the installed lift, including the cost of an engineer's inspection under section 9l(d) – from the second year.

2.§

Annual grant for the maintenance of an apartment for a disabled veteran with a special degree of disability under section 9q(1).

3.§

Monthly mobility payments under section 9ag(e), excluding mobility payments under section 9ag(e)(2)(b).

4.§

Monthly mobility allowance under section 9ab for a disabled veteran who has purchased a medical vehicle – from the second year of the purchase of the first medical vehicle or of the replacement of the medical vehicle with a new vehicle, as the case may be.

5.§

Monthly mobility allowance under section 9ae for a disabled veteran who has not exercised his entitlement to a medical vehicle, except for a disabled veteran who has sold the medical vehicle and has not replaced it with a new medical vehicle.

6.§

Assistance in the financing of annual insurance premiums under section 9ac(1) – from the second year of the purchase of the first medical vehicle or of the replacement of the medical vehicle with a new vehicle, as the case may be, or under section 9aj(a)(1).

The 15th of Elul 5719 (18 September 1959) Pinhas Rosen

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