Guide on SSS Disability Benefit Requirements 2025 for Members
SSS DISABILITY BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS 2025 – You can check here the documents that the Social Security System requires for application.
Are you one of the members of the Social Security System? There is really an edge in being a member of the social insurance entity which is one of the giant entities of its kind in the Philippines. Millions of Filipinos are members of this social insurance giant.
More popularly called SSS, the social insurance giant is in the service of the Filipino people for decades already. A membership to this social insurance entity gives members an edge that they have options to turn to in times of different needs and situations.
For example, in times of unexpected and unwanted situations that lead to disability, qualified members of the Social Security System may turn to the SSS Disability Benefit offer. It is one of the many SSS benefits that members who are in a constant pursuit to maintain an updated account may turn to — aside from the fact that the social insurance giant also offers different SSS loans.
The Social Security System has the SSS Disability Benefit offer that is open for both partial and permanent disability cases. Before checking on the SSS Disability Benefit requirements, here is a guide on the coverage under the offer:
Partial Disabilities
- one thumb
- one index finger
- one middle finger
- one ring finger
- one little finger
- hearing of one ear
- hearing of both ears
- sight of one eye
- one big toe
- one hand
- one arm
- one foot
- one leg
- one ear
- both ears
Permanent Disabilities
- complete loss of sight of both eyes;
- loss of two limbs at or above the ankle or wrists;
- permanent complete paralysis of two limbs;
- brain injury resulting to incurable imbecility or insanity; and
- such cases as determined and approved by the SSS
Under the Disability Benefit offer of the Social Security System, a member may avail either a lump sum or a pension. In the case of the pension, the social insurance giant will stop releasing the pension once the member returns to work.
Here are the SSS Disability Benefit requirements in terms of eligibility for application:
- has paid at least one (1) month contribution before the semester of disability
- must have paid at least 36 monthly contributions prior to the semester of the disability
There are also SSS Retirement Benefit requirements that must be submitted in filing for a claim. Here are the documents required by the SSS:
- duly-accomplished SSS Disability Benefit Claim Application Form
- SSS Medical Certificate Form accomplished by the attending physician
- SSS Member’s/Claimant’s Photo and Signature Card
- Certified True Copy of supporting medical documents
- Visa Cash Card Enrolment Form / Savings account ATM card or passbook photocopy / validated initial bank deposit slip