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QUESTIONS:
I have received the minimum rate of 100% disability benefit, I am 30 years old, but have not received youth disability allowance. Why can't I get it?
ANSWER:
Hello.
Young disabled is a supplement that is given to people who become disabled at a young age. Payment of disability benefit is dependent on previous income and the idea is that people who become disabled at a young age have not had the opportunity to earn a sufficient basis for a fairly reasonable payment.
To have a claim for young disabled person, you must have been under 26 years of age when you became seriously and permanently ill.
Since becoming disabled at a young age is very serious, there are also strict requirements for documentation from a doctor or specialist who can confirm that the disability and also that it occurred before you turned 26.
It is also a condition that you must apply for young disabled before you turn 36 if you have been more than 50 per cent professionally active after you turned 26.
You write that you are 30 years old and I will therefore assume that for you it will primarily be a question of whether your disability dates from before you turned 26. If you became disabled before the age of 26, it is important to see whether the issue of young disabled people has been dealt with by NAV at all.
With best regards
Petter Clemetsen
Lawyer
ANSWER:
Hello.
This is a problem many people encounter. Unfortunately, there is no quick-fix here.
NAV will probably say that you must keep trying, in reality this is of course easier said than done.
When it comes to finances, you can contact NAV with an application to cover a deposit directly to you with forwarding to the landlord. Alternatively, you can apply for a private bank guarantee, but then you will be responsible for an amount yourself and this is therefore something you should be careful about.
One solution could be to bring NAV closer to your case. The rules are clear that NAV is obliged to assist you to a fairly large extent and for much longer than what we probably see in practice. NAV can, among other things, help you find apartments that are for rent, contact the landlord and arrange a viewing, help with writing an application and assistance that should be necessary. The more involved NAV becomes, the more difficult it is to dismiss you with easy solutions.
Petter Clemetsen
Lawyer