A disability is a physical, mental or intellectual deficiency that prevents participating in society in full equal conditions than others
The Royal Decree 1971/19991* establishes four classes of disability percentage in the case of diabetes, but it must be taken into account that to reach the minimum minimum required it is necessary to be within classes 3 and 4:
Class 1: It does not grant any percentage, 0%.You will not be able to accept any percentage of disability in the event that you are a patient with asymptomatic diabetes and follow a pharmacological and dietary treatment.
Class 2: Between 1% and 24% disability, which could be granted if you have asymptomatic diabetes but whose correct treatment is not able to maintain adequate metabolic control or when there is evidence of diabetic microangiopathy defined by retinopathy or persistent albuminuriagreater than 30 mg/dl.
Class 3: between 25% and 49%.It requires that you had to be hospitalized for acute decompensations of your diabetes, up to three times in a year and with a duration of more than 48 hours each.
Class 4: between 50% and 70%.It is also granted if you have to be hospitalized for acute decompensations, but more than three times in a year.
According to the regulations, the disability percentages granted in classes 3 and 4 are only conferred if the acute decompensations of diabetes are not caused by inappropriate therapeutic control by the patient.
In addition, in both cases it will be reviewed at two years.If this time has not produced new hospitalizations, the disability certificate will be withdrawn.If other diseases or chronic complications or complications will also be assessed at the time of granting the certificate.
To request a disability certificate you must go to your usual medical center, where you will indicate the steps you must follow to complete the request.You must provide all the medical and psychological reports you have to guarantee the request for your disability.
The valuation and guidance team (EVO), formed by a doctor, a psychologist and a social worker is responsible for evaluating what percentage of disability corresponds to each patient, starting from the medical reports he presents and of the medical, psychological and social examinationto do it.
*Royal Decree 1971/1999, of December 23, of Procedure for the Recognition, Declaration and Qualification of the Degree of Disability