Social Security

The general procedure is shown below

What is the Social Security benefit for Permanent Non-Disabling Injuries?

It is a lump sum compensation given to a worker for permanent injuries, mutilations and deformities sustained due to an industrial accident or occupational disease, which while not constituting a Permanent Disability, do diminish or alter the workers physical condition, and meet the established guidelines in this respect.

When does this benefit start, and what are the steps that should be taken?

• As routine procedure:
  
  • Upon the initiative of the Managing Body
  • Upon the request Employment Inspectorate
  • Upon the request of the Public Health Service
    
• Upon the request of the collaborating bodies.
  
• Upon the request of the interested party:
  
  
  • Application form for Permanent Disability and Permanent Non-disabling Lesions pensions, completed.
  • Personal documentation and the documents indicated on the application form.
    
  The application and required documentation should be submitted at any of the Support and Information Centres of the National Institute of the Social Security.

The Disability Assessment Team (EVI) will issue a decision-proposal about the impaired or altered physical condition of the worker due to the sustained injuries. 

The Provincial Directorates of the INSS  will make an express decision specifying the injuries and the amount of the compensation.

When does the right to the pension expire?

It expires a year after the day following the notification informing the interested party about the granting of the benefit. When the Administrative Decision has been appealed in court, the time will be calculated from the date of that Judicial Decision.

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