What Disabilities Are Not Covered By SASSA?

What Disabilities Are Not Covered By SASSA? Not every disability Covered by sassa its Selective,This article will let you know which Disability is Covered and which on excluded through sassa Disability Grant eligibility and requirements.

About a disability grant

If you have a physical or mental disability which makes you unfit to work for a period of longer than six months, you can apply for a disability grant.

You get a permanent disability grant if your disability will continue for more than a year and a temporary disability grant if your disability will last for a continuous period of not less than six months and not more than 12 months. A permanent disability grant does not mean you will receive the grant for life, but that it will continue for longer than 12 months.

Who Qualifies for Disability Grant?

These grants are made after the individual application and their medical checkup. These payments are made to those who come under this qualification criteria. That includes:

• The recipient needs to be a South African permanent resident with a recognized refugee.
• Age must be under the age group of 19 to 59 years.
• Need to own an identification document.
• Not receiving any other social grants other than personal social grants.
• You and your spouse are required to relent with a means test.
• Needs to be unfit to do work due to disability for for than 6 months period that can be physical or mental
• If disability stops you from doing work for more than 12 months, then you will be considered permanently disabled.
• Needs to bring your previous medical reports and records to receive the disability grants.
• To access as a disabled you are required to undergo a medical evaluation through the doctor designated.
• If you are single, your total assets need to be below R 1,227,600, and for marital, your total assets need to be under R2,455,200.
• Yearly income needs to be under R 86,280 for single or marital annual income is required to be under R 172,560.

These are some qualifies criteria to receive disability grants from SASSA.

When may your grant be suspended?

The following may result in the suspension of your grant:

• when your circumstances change
• the outcome of a review
• if you fail to co-operate when your grant is reviewed
• when you commit fraud or misrepresent yourself
• if there was a mistake when your grant was approved.

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