Disability Request determination

Are you affected by a disability and have had a health impairment for more than 6 months? Then you can apply to have your disability assessed under certain conditions.

As a result of the examination, you may be given a degree of disability. If the examination of the required documents results in a degree of disability of 50 or more, you can be issued with a severely disabled person's pass.

In the course of the examination, special health restrictions may be determined in addition to the degree of disability. The corresponding characteristics may be entered in the severely disabled person's pass.

The following characteristics can be recognized by the competent authority and entitle you to further compensation for disadvantages:

• G - significant impairment of mobility in road traffic
• aG - exceptional walking disability
• H - helplessness
• B - Authorization to take an accompanying person with you
• RF - Reduced radio license fee and/or reduced telephone connection fee
• GL - deafness
• BL - Blindness
• TBL - deaf-blindness

You can apply for the determination of disability in writing:

• Submit the application to the responsible office.
• Once the application has been submitted, the documents you have submitted will be checked.
• If necessary, the competent office will request further documents independently in order to clarify the medical facts.
• After your documents have been checked, you will receive a decision from the competent authority, which will determine your degree of disability and any special features.

Please contact the municipal administration of the city or district office responsible for your place of residence.

• Your health has been impaired for more than six months to such an extent that it makes it difficult or impossible for you to participate in social life.
• Your health impairments are documented by medical records.

• Informal application for determination of a disability
• Application form from the competent authority
• if available:
  • other evidence of the degree of disability (e.g. pension certificate or corresponding administrative or court decision)
  • Relevant medical documents, for example expert reports
• in the case of representation: power of attorney or ID of the person providing care
• for applicants without citizenship of an EU member state: proof of legal residence

Fee: gebührenfrei

You do not have to observe any deadlines.

The processing time depends on the individual case.

• Objection
• Complaint

• Although an informal application is possible, you will need to complete the application form afterwards at the latest.
• If a severe disability is established, you can receive tax concessions.
• If you meet certain health requirements, you will be awarded a disability mark that entitles you to compensation for disadvantages, such as free public transport, free transportation of an accompanying person, motor vehicle tax reduction or exemption, parking concessions and exemption from the obligation to pay radio license fees.

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Thuringian Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Labor and Family

27.03.2026