A service disease is a disease or injury caused by the service or some other defect, injury or illness that has likely deteriorated due to the service. Service diseases include ailments such as stress fractures and other stress injuries, asthma and a tendency of the kneecap or shoulder joint to dislocate made worse by the service.

When an injury or illness leaves the afflicted with a general permanent handicap (disability), they will be paid compensation in the form of a handicap allowance. The assessment of a permanent handicap takes the restrictions in everyday life caused by the injury or illness into consideration. Individual circumstances such as profession or living conditions do not affect the assessment, nor does the person’s income affect the amount of compensation. Permanent disability is defined as an injury or illness that no longer improves. However, this definition can be reached no earlier than one year after the accident.

An accident is defined as a sudden, unexpected event caused by an external factor, which causes the injured party to have an injury or illness. A military accident is defined as an accident that occurs during military service, during travel closely related to military service, in an entrance exam to a military academy or the Border and Coast Guard Academy, or during travel closely related to these, or during free time included in the time of military or non-military service.

Daily allowance is determined case-specifically, i.e. have you had income or not, are you a student or not.

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The speed of the process is affected by whether the Defence Forces or health care institution, etc. have provided the necessary documents.

Travel expenses related to medical care are compensated.