disability compensation

Benefits for limitations

Disability compensation is money paid regularly to someone unable to work due to injury, illness, or impairment.

In the United States, it often refers specifically to benefits paid to military veterans for service-connected disabilities: He receives disability compensation for injuries sustained in combat.

The amount typically corresponds to the severity of the disability.

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source of income

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Pay from work

salary · employment income · paycheck · commission · wages

ability status

disability compensationactive duty pay

Military salary while serving

combat pay · hazard pay · performance bonus

benefit type

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Compensation tied to performance

productivity bonus · pension · retirement benefits · signing bonus · performance-based pay

Family

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