[Disability and total inability to work]

In accordance to the provisions of the act on social pensions issued on June 27, 2003, the eligibility for a social pension depends on the subject's total inability to work as pronounced by medical consultants of the Social Insurance Institute (ZUS). The number of people with disability increases and in 2010, it will include 20-25% of the population of our country, thus posing a major medical, economical and social problem. People with disability may seek recognition as belonging to one of the three groups with graded disability degrees. Nevertheless, even individuals with a high grade of disability may be pronounced capable of working by medical consultants of ZUS. The above presented problem should indicate the need for modifying the principles and organization of medical certification of disability for the purpose of awarding social pensions to the disabled.