eligibility - ECHS

ELIGIBILITY CRITERION FOR ECHS MEMBERSHIP: DEPENDANT CHILD WITH PERMANENT
DISABILITY
1. ECHS caters for Medicare of all Ex-Servicemen in receipt of pension as also dependents to
include wife/husband, legitimate children upto the age of 25 years and wholly dependent
parents. In addition, unmarried / unemployed / divorced / widowed daughters and permanently
disabled sons who are dependent on the member are entitled benefit of membership.
2. The criteria for granting eligibility on the basis of permanent disability are as under :-
(a)
Onset of disability should be prior to attainment of 25 years of age.
(b) Permanent disability should be certified by Service Classified Specialist as per format
of certificate enclosed at Appendix A.
(c) The condition of disability should be mentioned in the records of pensioner and the
disabled dependent son should be eligible for family pension.
3. The following guidelines are laid down for the issue of disability certificate, as approved by
DGAFMS :-
(a)
(b)
The certificate will be issued by concerned service Classified Specialist.
Only certificates issued as per correct format (Appendix A) will be accepted.
(c) The certificate should be initiated by the Classified Specialist concerned and
thereafter recommendations of the Senior Adviser/Additional Adviser of concerned
speciality, or Senior Adviser of Allied Speciality obtained.
(d) In the event of Senior Adviser/Additional Adviser of concerned/allied Speciality not
being available locally in a Station, the Commandant/Commanding Officer of Service
Hospital will arrange to forward the certificate alongwith necessary/connected medical
documents to the concerned/allied Senior Adviser for the zone, for obtaining
recommendations and return. If the Senior Adviser desires to examine the patient, the
same will be communicated to the ECHS member for compliance under own arrangements.
(e) The certificate will be countersigned by Commandant/Commanding Officer Service
Hospital.
(f) The minimum degree of disability should be 40% in order to be eligible for any
concession/benefits under ECHS. Assessment criterion is as laid down in ‘Guide to Medical
Officers – (Military Pensions) – 2002’.