Disabled Ex-Combatants

The amount of the pensions will vary depending on whether or not the deceased is regarded as a member of the Armed Forces or Armed Services.

3.1 If the deceased was a professional.

A. In favour of the originators:

i) Basic Remuneration: this is 100 per cent of the salary for the post, plus service increments recognised in accordance with the provisions of the Royal Decree-Law 6/1978 of 6 March, or in Title I of Law 37/1984 of 22 October.

ii) Disability Pension: this shall be calculated by applying the relevant percentage, based on the assessment of the injuries, to 100 per cent of the recognised salary for the post.

B. In favour of family members:

Pensions payable to family members – including widows’, orphans’ and parents’ pensions – shall be calculated in accordance with the general legislation on civil service pensions in force on 31 December 1984, taking the basic remuneration as the assessment base.

However, the amount of a widows’ pension may not be less than the minimum amount set by the Social Security System for widows’ pensions for those aged 65 and over, which in 2025 is €874.40 per month.

3.2 If the deceased was not a professional.

A. In favour of the originators:

i) Basic Remuneration: this is set, for each financial year, in the respective General State Budget Acts. In 2025, the basic salary amounts to €17,100.26 per annum (12 monthly instalments) or €1,425.02 per month.

ii) Disability Pension: this is calculated by applying the relevant percentage, based on the assessment of the injuries, to a base amount also set annually in the General State Budget Acts. In 2025, the base amount is €6,340.54 calculated on an annual basis (12 monthly instalments) and the amounts of the disability pensions for war invalids, based on the severity score derived from their injuries, are as follows:

and the amounts of disability pensions for those disabled whilst on duty, based on the severity score derived from their injuries, are 90% of the amounts set for those disabled in war.

B. In favour of family members:

Since 1 January 1996, the General State Budget Acts have set the amount of these pensions at the same level as the minimum Social Security widows’ pension for recipients aged over 65, which for 2025 is €874.40 per month.

Since 1 January 2008, orphans’ pensions for orphans who are not disabled (which had not been adjusted since 1981) have been increased by the same percentage as all other state pensions; which for 2005 is €196.16 per month.

• The originators themselves.
  
• Widowed spouses, former spouses or civil partners; orphans under the age of 21 or those over that age who were unable to work at all prior to reaching that age or prior to the death of the originator; or parents of persons suffering from injuries assessed at 45 points or more, provided they meet the requirements and conditions laid down in the general legislation on civil service pensions applicable in each case.
  

Spanish ex-combatants from the Republican zone who, whilst serving on a permanent or temporary basis in the Republic’s Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, suffered physical injuries that permanently affect their physical or mental integrity, or who suffer a similar degree of incapacity due to illnesses contracted or aggravated whilst on duty during the period from 18 July 1936 to 1 April 1939, or arising during captivity suffered as a direct consequence of acts of war during that period.

Maimed ex-combatants are classified as follows:

• War-wounded.
  
• Maimed in the line of duty.
  
• Withdrawn from service for operational reasons.
  

In turn, those maimed in war or in the line of duty are classified, according to the severity of their injury, as totally disabled (more than 100 points), permanently disabled (between 45 and 100 points) and fit for work (between 15 and 44 points).

Those who are totally disabled and those with permanent disabilities are entitled to receive a basic allowance – by virtue of their status as former combatants – and a disability pension – in respect of the disability suffered; furthermore, they are entitled to have pensions paid to their dependants. However, only those who have been permanently disabled in the line of duty are entitled to a disability pension, whilst others rendered unfit for service are entitled to receive the basic salary; although the latter are also entitled to a survivor’s pension.