Assistance for the blind can be paid as part of social assistance .

From July 1, 2025, assistance for the blind amounts to

• Blind people after the age of 18 EUR 913.21 per month and
• EUR 457.40 per month for blind people under the age of 18.

Assistance for the blind is paid directly in the form of a lump sum. This lump sum changes in line with the current pension value in the statutory pension insurance scheme. The assistance for the blind changes at the same time and to the same extent as the current pension value in the statutory pension insurance scheme changes. The pension is generally adjusted on July 1 of each year.

The income limit in Section 85 of the Social Security Code XII applies (basic amount of twice the standard needs level 1 + 70 % of the standard needs level 1 for other family members + reasonable accommodation costs).

As part of the integration assistance for people with disabilities, the costs for a guide dog and for other aids can also be covered in individual cases. aids if no other cost bearer (e.g. statutory health insurance) is responsible.

Similar benefits, which are also intended to compensate for the additional expenses caused by blindness, have priority. They are offset against the assistance for the blind. This rule applies, among other things, to

• the state allowance for the blind under the Bavarian Blindness Allowance Act (BayBlindG),
• the care allowance for accidentally blind people according to § 44 of the Seventh Book of the Social Code (SGB VII) and
• the care allowance according to § 269 of the Act on the Equalization of Burdens (Lastenausgleichsgesetz - LAG).

Note:

In the area of social compensation law (SER), benefits can be paid for severe visual impairment, blindness and deaf-blindness (§ 82 of the Fourteenth Book of the Social Code - SGB XIV). Unlike social assistance, no income or assets are taken into account. In addition, SER benefits take precedence over state benefits for additional expenses due to blindness (e.g. BayBlindG).