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Main information about the service
If your state of health has changed, which does not allow you to participate fully in the work process for a long time, you can request a change in the amount of disability pension paid. If the Czech Social Security Administration is the payer of your disability pension, the Czech Social Security Administration is again responsible for processing the request for a change in the amount of the disability pension due to a change in the degree of disability.
read moreDoes this apply to me?
You are a recipient of an disability pension paid by the Czech Social Security Administration and, at the same time, there has been a change (deterioration or improvement) in your state of health affecting your ability to engage in gainful employment in comparison with the state of health determined at the last medical examination carried out by the competent District Social Security Administration (before 1 January 2024 or by the Institute for Medical Assessment after 31 December 2023), on the basis of which it is assumed that there has been a change in the degree of disability.
Service outcome
Increase or decrease in the amount of the paid disability pension as a result of a change in the degree of disability
Service benefit
Recipients of a disability pension who, on the basis of their request to change the amount of the disability pension, have been recognized by the doctor of the Institute for Medical Assessment as disabled in a different degree of disability compared to the original state of health, the amount of the paid disability pension will be changed (and this without examining the fulfilment of the condition for entitlement to a pension consisting of obtaining the necessary insurance period). The new amount of the disability pension will be determined from the date on which the change in the degree of disability occurred.
The change in the amount of the pension must always correspond to the newly determined degree of disability, i.e. if the degree of disability increases, the pension will increase proportionally, if, on the contrary, the degree of disability decreases, the pension will decrease proportionally.
When to address the service
Back to topYou can apply for a change in the amount of the disability pension at any time (preferably after consultation with the attending physician) if your health condition has changed in a long-term way that does not allow you to perform a full-fledged gainful activity.
The date of change in the degree of disability can be set by the assessing doctor as any day up to the date of the preparation of the disability certificate. It is never possible to determine the date of the change in the degree of disability for the future, i.e. to state the day following the date of approval of the disability assessment.
How to get the service
What do you need when solving the service electronically
You must be able to log in with a citizen identity or have a data box for a natural person data box set up.
If you live in another EU country and have an electronic identity issued by that country (according to the eIDAS regulation), you can use the IIG (International ID Gateway) to register.
Where and how to solve the service electronically
You can submit a request via the CSSA ePortal or send it to its mailbox.
e-Government portal
ePodáníCould be solved via e-identity
Yes
Is the service charged when solving electronically
No
What you’ll need to provide
When applying in person to change the amount of the disability pension, you must present the original, or an officially certified copy, of your identity card (passport or proof of residence permit for foreigners).
Where to solve the service
If you do not apply electronically, as a recipient of a disability pension paid by the Czech Social Security Administration, you must apply in person, or on the basis of a power of attorney issued by your representative, to any territorial social security administration or its contact workplace (i.e. the district social security administration). You may find contact details on the Czech Social Security Administration website
An employee of the social security administration will fill in the application with you on the prescribed form.
In the case of a person whose state of health prevents him/her from submitting an application, a member of his/her family may submit an application on the basis of a medical certificate attesting to his/her state of health, with the consent of the person receiving the invalidity pension.
On the basis of the application submitted, the process of assessing your disability will begin. The assessment is carried out by a doctor at the Institute for Medical Assessment; a non-medical professional may take part in the assessment, in a similar way to the assessment of disability on the basis of an application for a disability pension.
The assessment of your disability will be carried out by a medical examiner, usually in your absence, on the basis of all the medical reports and documents submitted. If the documentation is not sufficient for the assessment, you will be invited to appear before a medical examiner who will assess your state of health in your presence.
The medical review carried out on the basis of a request for a change in the amount of the invalidity pension may result in a higher degree of invalidity due to a deterioration in your state of health, or the assessing doctor may conclude that your state of health has improved and therefore determine a lower degree of invalidity. The medical examiner may also find that there has been no change in your level of disability and that you continue to be disabled at the current level.
The result of the disability assessment process is a Disability Assessment Report issued by the Institute for Medical Assessment, which will be sent to you within 7 days of its issue.
The relevant social security administration forwards the disability certificate together with the application for a change in the amount of the disability pension to the Czech Social Security Administration, which is the payer of the disability pension and is therefore responsible for deciding on the application. The processing time is 90 days.
If the amount of the disability pension has changed, the Czech Social Security Administration will pay the new amount of the pension on the set payment date in the same way as it has been paid up to now. If there has been no change in the amount of the invalidity pension, it will be paid to you in the same way and in the same amount as before.
Is the service charged when solving in person?
No
Responsible Public Authority
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Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí Na Poříčním právu 376/1 Nové Město 12800 Praha 2 |
Datová schránka: sc9aavg E-mail: posta@mpsv.cz Web: https://www.mpsv.cz/ |
Additional information about the service
Back to topSanctions
If you do not undergo a medical or other professional examination, although you have been invited to do so by the Czech Social Security Administration or the Institute for Medical Assessment, your pension payment may be stopped if you were warned of this consequence in the invitation.
In addition, you are obliged to submit, at the request of the Czech Social Security Administration or the Institute for Medical Assessment for the purpose of assessing the reduction in your working capacity, within 8 days from the date of receipt of the request, the medical reports of your treating physicians and information on your education, experience and knowledge, previous employment and changes in the disclosed facts, unless the Czech Social Security Administration or the Institute for Medical Assessment has set a longer deadline. Even if this obligation is not fulfilled, the payment of your pension from the pension insurance fund may be stopped if you were warned of this consequence in the decision.
If there is a change in the facts that determine the duration of your entitlement to a disability pension, you must notify the Czech Social Security Administration of this within 8 days.
If you receive a disability pension or part of a disability pension and the circumstances suggest that it has been paid incorrectly or in a higher amount than is due, you are obliged to repay the incorrectly paid pension amounts.
Communication language
All written submissions to the Social Security Administration are submitted in Czech. Written submissions in other languages must be accompanied by an official translation into Czech (translation costs are borne by the applicant). This does not apply to documents written in the official language of a member state of the European Union or in the official language of a state with which the Czech Republic has concluded a bilateral agreement on social security containing a provision on the language of negotiations (the costs of any translation into Czech are borne by the Czech Social Security Administration).
Last checked at 01.01.2024
