Guide on SSS Disability Benefit Amount 2024 for Members
SSS DISABILITY BENEFIT AMOUNT 2024 – You can check here the amount that a member of the Social Security System may get under the benefit.
Are you one of the members of the Social Security System who recently met an instance that caused you disability? Or someone you know probably is? Yes, the SSS has a Disability Benefit offer.
The Social Security System is one of the giants in terms of social insurance in the Philippines. It has millions of members coming from different fields as its member populace is composed of locally-employed individuals in the private sector, self-employed individuals, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and voluntary members including the non-working spouses of SSS members.
One of the SSS benefits that members of the Social Security System may qualify for is the SSS Disability Benefit offer. It covers the following partial disabilities:
- one finger
- one hand
- one arm
- one foot
- one leg
- both ears
- hearing of one ear or both ears
- one eyesight
The Disability Benefit offer of the state-run social insurance giant also covers several situations of total disabilities. Here are the situations that are also covered under the benefit offer:
- Complete loss of sight of both eyes
- Loss of two limbs at or above the wrists or ankles
- Permanent complete paralysis of two limbs
- Brain injury that leads to incurable imbecility or insanity
- Other cases of total disability approved by the SSS
How much is the SSS Disability Benefit amount? It actually depends on the total contributions posted by the disabled member prior to the semester of the disability.
If the member has posted at least 36 monthly contributions prior to the semester of the disability, he/she may file for a claim for SSS Disability Benefit pension. If the total contributions posted to SSS is below 36 monthly contributions, the member may get an SSS Disability Benefit lump sum.