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- From: Arlette.Lefebvre@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org The Rehabilitation Digest/December 1992 By: Health and (Arlette Lefebvre)
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- Subject: Cpp disability benefits
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- CANADA PENSION PLAN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS
- (As revised June 26, 1992, Health and Welfare Canada)
- ______________________________________________________________
-
- From: The Rehabilitation Digest/December 1992 By: Health and
- Welfare Canada.
-
- The Canada Pension Plan was established in 1965; it is best known
- as a retirement plan to which nearly every working canadian makes
- contibutions.
-
- Less well known is its disability benefits component, which
- provides financial protection for individuals and their families in
- the event of a disability.
-
- To be eligible for a Canada Pension Plan disability pension, a person must:
-
- * be between the ages of 18 and 66;
- * have contributed to the Canada pension Plan for a minimum
- qualifying period;
- * be disabled, as defined by the Canada Pension Plan legislation;
- * have become disabled before, or within six months after, the effective
- date of his or her early retirement pension (when the person is already
- receiving a Canada Pension Plan retirement benefit and becomes disabled
- between 60 and 65 years of age);
- * and apply in writing.
-
- The Canada Pension Plan was amended June 26 1992, with the
- intention of assisting those persons who may be denied a CPP
- disability benefit because they were unable to meet the minimum
- contributory requirements as a result of a late application.
-
- DEFINITION OF DISABILITY:
-
- According to the CPP legislation, a person is eligible for
- disability benefits "only if he is determined in prescribed manner
- to have a SEVERE and PROLONGED mental and/or physical disability."
-
- The term "prolonged" means that the individual's severe disability
- is expected to continue for an indefinite time after the time of
- application, and that its duration cannot be predicted with
- reasonable certainty OR is likely to result in death.
-
- CPP interprets a "severe disability" as one that incapacitates to
- such an extent that a person is "incapable regularly of pursuing
- any substantially gainful occupation."
-
- DISABILITY = any restriction or lack of ability, resulting from the
- disabling medical condition, to perform an activity in the manner
- or within the range considered normal for a human being.
-
- INCAPABLE = unable or unfit to pursue any subtantially gainful
- occupation as a result of the disability.
-
- CPP DISABILIYY BENEFITS ARE NOT NECESSARILY PERMANENT.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- For a detailed report of the 1991 Health and Activity Limitations
- Survey, contact your Staistics Canada Regional Reference Centre or
- the toll-free national order line: 1-800-267-6677.
-
- Au revoir, I hope...?
-
- Arlette.
-
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