A degree of disability of 50 makes a person legally severely disabled. However, a claim for disability pension does not automatically trigger the severe disability, as the social court Münster once again pointed out in a judgment of 15 January 2026. In the decisive case, the plaintiff himself had only a GdB of 30. However, the court expressly went one step further and explained that even the recognition of a severe disability with GdB 50 would n…
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A degree of disability of 50 makes a person legally severely disabled. However, a claim for disability pension does not automatically trigger the severe disability, as the social court Münster once again pointed out in a judgment of 15 January 2026. In the decisive case, the plaintiff himself had only a GdB of 30. However, the court expressly went one step further and explained that even the recognition of a severe disability with GdB 50 would n…