War Pensioner Disability Card

Verified 15 December 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)

If you receive a military disability pension or a civilian war casualty pension, you can apply for a war pensioner disability card. Your disability rate determines the type of card you are assigned. We present you with the information you need to know.

To obtain a disability card, you must:

  • Receive a military disability pension and have a disability rate of at least 25%
  • Receive a civilian war victim pension and have a disability rate of at least 25%

There are different types of war pensioner disability cards, depending on your disability rate.

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25% to 45% disabled

The single blue bar disability card allows you to get a 50% discount on train tickets from the SNCF: titleContent, which you buy for yourself from the SNCF: titleContent.

Other public transport can offer you this discount rate.

The invalidity card may include the words arduous standing.

This is granted if you have a so-called disability clear case (example: amputation). Otherwise, it can be granted to you after an opinion of a medical committee.

The mention arduous standing gives you a right of priority in the following places:

  • Public service counters and offices
  • Shops and concert halls
  • Public transport (reserved places)

FYI  

The disability card does not in itself give access to parking facilities, unlike the Mobility Inclusion Card (CMI).

Invalid by 50% or more

The single red bar disability card allows you to get a 75% discount on train tickets from the SNCF: titleContent, which you buy for yourself.

Other public transport can offer you this discount rate.

The invalidity card may include the words arduous standing.

This is granted if you have a so-called disability clear case (example: amputation). Otherwise, it can be granted to you after an opinion of a medical committee.

The mention arduous standing gives you a right of priority in the following places:

  • Public service counters and offices
  • Shops and concert halls
  • Public transport (reserved places)

FYI  

The disability card does not in itself give access to parking facilities, unlike the Mobility Inclusion Card (CMI).

Disabled person who needs to be accompanied on his travels

The red double bar disability card enables you to:

  • For you, a 75% discount on the price of train tickets from SNCF: titleContent
  • For the guide who travels with you, a 75% discount on the price of train tickets from SNCF: titleContent

Other public transport can offer this discount.

The invalidity card may include the words arduous standing.

This is granted if you have a so-called disability clear case (example: amputation). Otherwise, it can be granted to you after an opinion of a medical committee.

The mention arduous standing gives you a right of priority in the following places:

  • Public service counters and offices
  • Shops and concert halls
  • Public transport (reserved places)

FYI  

The disability card does not in itself give access to parking facilities, unlike the Mobility Inclusion Card (CMI).

Disabled person who needs permanent help from another person

The Blue Double Bar Disability Card enables you to:

  • For you, a 75% discount on the price of train tickets from SNCF: titleContent
  • For the guide who travels with you, the free train tickets of the SNCF: titleContent

Other public transport can offer the same benefits.

The invalidity card may include the words arduous standing.

This is granted if you have a so-called disability clear case (example: amputation). Otherwise, it can be granted to you after an opinion of a medical committee.

The mention arduous standing gives you a right of priority in the following places:

  • Public service counters and offices
  • Shops and concert halls
  • Public transport (reserved places)

FYI  

The disability card does not in itself give access to parking facilities, unlike the Mobility Inclusion Card (CMI).

Whatever your situation, you must provide the following documents:

  • Cerfa Form No. 14342 to be printed and completed
  • Identity photo to be stuck on the form at the intended location
  • Proof of pension. It may be a descriptive sheet of disabilities, a preliminary concession decision interlayer, a provisional statement of pension rights proposing the recognition of a right to compensation (for recent pensions or aggravations) or, if necessary, a model 15 certificate less than 3 months old.

To get the disability card Disabled person who needs to be accompanied on his travels (red double bar disability card), you must provide a medical certificate stating the reasons for the card or endorsement

For the disability card to be marked arduous standing, you must provide a medical certificate stating the grounds on which the endorsement is based.

You must send these documents to the National Office of Veterans and War Victims (ONaCVG) on which your home depends:

Who shall I contact

The disability card is free of charge.

The card is valid for 10 years.

You must hand over your expired disability card to the National Office of Veterans and War Victims (ONaCVG) on which your home depends:

Who shall I contact

The service ofONaCVG: titleContent will give you a new disability card in exchange.

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