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Abbreviations in social law

So that letters carry meaning again.

Understand abbreviations, see the connections, find your way through social compensation law (SER) with more confidence.

SGB XIV, OEG, GdS, BSA, AusglV … and at some point you just ask yourself: What does all of this actually mean?

Social compensation law is full of abbreviations and technical terms. We collect them here and explain them in plain words, so you don't have to look them up yourself every time.

Because understanding shouldn't fail because of three letters.

If you know more abbreviations, help our database grow and send them to us at kontakt@kein-einzelfall.de.

The team of KE!N EINZELFALL e.V. – victim support for social justice

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§ / §§
Section / sections (Paragraf / Paragrafen)
1. Kl.
First class (1. Klasse, severely disabled ID card)

A

a. F.
Old version (alte Fassung)
Abs.
Subsection (Absatz)
aG
Exceptional walking disability (außergewöhnliche Gehbehinderung, severely disabled ID card)
AIZ
Anti-terror operations centre (Anti-Terror-Einsatzzentrum)
AK
Working group in police investigations (Arbeitskreis)
Alt.
Alternative (Alternative)
AOK
General local health insurance fund (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse)
AR
Compensatory pension (Ausgleichsrente)
Art.
Article (Artikel)
AU
Incapacity for work (Arbeitsunfähigkeit)
AUB
Sick note (Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung)
AusglV
Compensatory Pension Ordinance (Ausgleichsrentenverordnung)
Az.
File reference (Aktenzeichen)

B

B
Accompanying person (Begleitperson, severely disabled ID card)
BA
Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit)
BAG
Joint medical practice (Berufsausübungsgemeinschaft)
BARMER
Barmer health insurance fund (Barmer Ersatzkasse)
BAS
Federal Office for Social Security (Bundesamt für Soziale Sicherung)
BBB
Particular occupational impairment (besondere berufliche Betroffenheit)
BEM
Occupational reintegration management (Betriebliches Eingliederungsmanagement)
BerH
Legal advice assistance (Beratungshilfe)
Beschl.
Decision (Beschluss)
BfA
Federal Insurance Institute for Salaried Employees, today German Pension Insurance Federation (Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte)
BfDI
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit)
BfV
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz)
BGB
German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch)
BGBl.
Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt)
BGM
Occupational health management (Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement)
BKA
Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt)
BKK
Company health insurance fund (Betriebskrankenkasse)
Bl
Blindness (Blindheit, severely disabled ID card)
BMAS
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales)
BMG
Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit)
BPOL
Federal Police (Bundespolizei)
BRi
Assessment guidelines (Begutachtungs-Richtlinien)
BSA
Compensation for occupational loss (Berufsschadensausgleich)
BSchAV
Ordinance on compensation for occupational loss (Berufsschadensausgleichsverordnung)
BSG
Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht)
BT-Drs.
Bundestag printed paper (Bundestagsdrucksache)
BTHG
Federal Participation Act (Bundesteilhabegesetz)
BVerfG
Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht)
BVG
Federal War Victims Relief Act (Bundesversorgungsgesetz)
bzw.
Or / respectively (beziehungsweise)

D

DAK
German salaried employees’ health insurance fund (Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse)
DRV
German Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung)
DRV Bund
German Pension Insurance Federation (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund)
DSGVO
General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR (Datenschutz-Grundverordnung)
Dx
Diagnosis (Diagnose)

E

EGH
Integration assistance (Eingliederungshilfe)
EHS
Supplementary support system (Ergänzendes Hilfesystem)
EM
Reduced earning capacity (Erwerbsminderung)
EMR
Reduced earning capacity pension (Erwerbsminderungsrente)
ePA
Electronic patient record (elektronische Patientenakte)
ESF
Compensation fund for damage from motor vehicle accidents under section 12 of the Compulsory Insurance Act (Entschädigungsfonds)
etc.
Et cetera (et cetera)
EUTB
Supplementary independent participation counselling (Ergänzende unabhängige Teilhabeberatung)

F

FA
Medical specialist (Facharzt)
ff.
And following (fortfolgende, e.g. § 12 ff.)
FSM
Fund for Sexual Abuse (Fonds Sexueller Missbrauch)

G

G
Impaired mobility (Beeinträchtigung der Bewegungsfähigkeit, severely disabled ID card)
G-BA
Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss)
GA
Expert report (Gutachten)
GdB
Degree of disability (Grad der Behinderung)
GdS
Degree of damage consequences (Grad der Schädigungsfolgen)
gem.
In accordance with (gemäß)
ggf.
If applicable (gegebenenfalls)
GKV
Statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung)
GKV-SV
National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband)
Gl
Deafness (Gehörlosigkeit, severely disabled ID card)
GR
Basic pension under the Victims’ Compensation Act (Grundrente)
GSG 9
Border Protection Group 9, a police special unit (Grenzschutzgruppe 9)
GStFSM
Office of the Fund for Sexual Abuse (Geschäftsstelle „Fonds Sexueller Missbrauch“)

H

H
Helplessness (Hilflosigkeit, severely disabled ID card)
HA
General practitioner (Hausarzt)
HAVS
Hessian Office for Pensions and Social Affairs (Hessisches Amt für Versorgung und Soziales)
HEK
Hanseatic health insurance fund (Hanseatische Krankenkasse)
hkk
Commercial health insurance fund (Handelskrankenkasse)
HS
Severely visually impaired (hochgradig sehbehindert, severely disabled ID card)
Hs.
Half-sentence of a legal provision (Halbsatz)

I

i. d. R.
As a rule (in der Regel)
i. R. d.
Within the scope of (im Rahmen der/des)
i. S. d.
Within the meaning of (im Sinne der/des)
i. V. m.
In conjunction with (in Verbindung mit)
ICD
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
idF.
In the version of (in der Fassung)
IFG
Freedom of Information Act (Informationsfreiheitsgesetz)
Gives everyone the right to request information from public authorities about the records they hold. The association uses it in working group AG 02 to bring administrative practice in social compensation law into the open. Go to the working groups about “IFG — Freedom of Information Act (Informationsfreiheitsgesetz)”
IfSG
Infection Protection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz)
IKK
Guild health insurance fund (Innungskrankenkasse)
INTERPOL
International Criminal Police Organization

J

JC
Jobcentre (Jobcenter)

K

K
Criminal police (Kriminalpolizei)
KDD
Criminal police standby service (Kriminaldauerdienst)
KFürsV
War Victims Welfare Ordinance (Kriegsopferfürsorgeverordnung)
KfzHV
Motor Vehicle Assistance Ordinance (Kraftfahrzeughilfe-Verordnung)
KH
Hospital (Krankenhaus)
KK
Health insurance fund (Krankenkasse)
KKH
Hospital (Krankenhaus)
KKH
Commercial employees’ health insurance fund (Kaufmännische Krankenkasse)
KOM
Senior detective constable (Kriminalobermeister)
KOVVfG
Act on the Administrative Procedure for War Victims’ Pensions (Gesetz über das Verwaltungsverfahren der Kriegsopferversorgung)
Krh
Hospital (Krankenhaus, also Krhs., Krkhs.)
KSV
Municipal Social Association of Saxony (Kommunaler Sozialverband Sachsen)
KV
Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung)
KZV
Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (Kassenzahnärztliche Vereinigung)

L

LDI
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit)
LfD
State Commissioner for Data Protection (Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz)
lit.
Letter within a legal provision (Buchstabe)
LKA
State Criminal Police Office (Landeskriminalamt)
LKK
Agricultural health insurance fund (Landwirtschaftliche Krankenkasse)
LSG
Higher Social Court of a federal state (Landessozialgericht)
LTA
Benefits for participation in working life (Leistungen zur Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben)
LVR
Rhineland Regional Association (Landschaftsverband Rheinland)
LWL
Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe)
LWV
State welfare association (Landeswohlfahrtsverband)

M

m. w. N.
With further references (mit weiteren Nachweisen)
m. W. v.
With effect from (mit Wirkung vom)
MD
Medical Service (Medizinischer Dienst, formerly MDK)
MDK
Medical Service of the Health Insurance Funds, today MD (Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung)
MEZ
Monthly compensation payment (Monatliche Entschädigungszahlung)
MIQR
Central German Institute for Qualification and Rehabilitation (Mitteldeutsches Institut für Qualifikation und Rehabilitation)
MZ
Marker on the severely disabled ID card (Merkzeichen)

N

n. F.
New version (neue Fassung)
NBA
New assessment procedure for care needs (Neues Begutachtungsassessment)
Nr.
Number (Nummer)

O

OEG
Victims’ Compensation Act (Opferentschädigungsgesetz)
The Victims’ Compensation Act expired on 31 December 2023 and was replaced by Book XIV of the Social Code on 1 January 2024. Both are still relevant: there are cases under the old law and under the new law.
OSG
Organised sexualised and systematic violence (organisierte sexualisierte und systematische Gewalt)
OVST
Orthopaedic supply office (Orthopädische Versorgungsstelle)

P

PB
Personal budget (Persönliches Budget)
PflVG
Compulsory Insurance Act (Pflichtversicherungsgesetz)
PG
Care level (Pflegegrad)
PI
Police inspectorate (Polizeiinspektion)
PIA
Psychiatric outpatient clinic (Psychiatrische Institutsambulanz)
PK
Long-term care insurance fund (Pflegekasse)
PKH
Legal aid for court proceedings (Prozesskostenhilfe)
PKV
Private health insurance (Private Krankenversicherung)
POM
Senior police constable (Polizeiobermeister)
PP
Police headquarters (Polizeipräsidium)
PsychKG
Mental Illness Act of a federal state (Psychisch-Kranken-Gesetz)

R

RA
Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt)
Reha
Rehabilitation (Rehabilitation)
RF
Broadcasting fee reduction (Rundfunk/Fernsehen, severely disabled ID card)
Rn.
Margin number (Randnummer)
RV
Pension insurance (Rentenversicherung)
RVG
Lawyers’ Remuneration Act (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz)
Rx
Prescription (Rezept)

S

S.
Sentence of a legal provision (Satz)
Sb
Caseworker (Sachbearbeiter)
SBA
Severely disabled ID card (Schwerbehindertenausweis)
SBV
Representative body for severely disabled employees (Schwerbehindertenvertretung)
SEK
Special deployment unit of the police (Spezialeinsatzkommando)
SER
Social compensation law (Soziales Entschädigungsrecht)
Umbrella term for the rules under which the state compensates people who have been harmed by a violent act or by other events for which the state is responsible. The association works on this in working group AG 01. Go to the working groups about “SER — Social compensation law (Soziales Entschädigungsrecht)”
SG
Social court (Sozialgericht)
SGB
Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch)
SGB I
Social Code, Book I: general part (Allgemeiner Teil)
SGB II
Social Code, Book II: basic income support for jobseekers (Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende)
SGB III
Social Code, Book III: employment promotion (Arbeitsförderung)
SGB IX
Social Code, Book IX: rehabilitation and participation of people with disabilities (Rehabilitation und Teilhabe)
SGB V
Social Code, Book V: statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung)
SGB VI
Social Code, Book VI: statutory pension insurance (Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung)
SGB VII
Social Code, Book VII: statutory accident insurance (Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung)
SGB VIII
Social Code, Book VIII: child and youth services (Kinder- und Jugendhilfe)
SGB X
Social Code, Book X: social administrative procedure and social data protection (Sozialverwaltungsverfahren und Sozialdatenschutz)
SGB XI
Social Code, Book XI: social long-term care insurance (Soziale Pflegeversicherung)
SGB XII
Social Code, Book XII: social assistance (Sozialhilfe)
SGB XIV
Social Code, Book Fourteen (Sozialgesetzbuch Vierzehntes Buch)
Has governed social compensation since 1 January 2024, replacing the Victims’ Compensation Act. The old law may still apply to acts committed before that date. Go to the entry ‘OEG’ about “SGB XIV — Social Code, Book Fourteen (Sozialgesetzbuch Vierzehntes Buch)”
SGG
Social Courts Act (Sozialgerichtsgesetz)
SOKO
Special investigation team (Sonderkommission)
SoVD
Social Association of Germany (Sozialverband Deutschland e. V.)
SPV
Social long-term care insurance (Soziale Pflegeversicherung)
STK
State security unit (Staatsschutzkommando)

T

TBl
Deafblindness (Taubblindheit, severely disabled ID card)
TK
Techniker health insurance fund (Techniker Krankenkasse)

U

UBSKM
Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues (Unabhängige Beauftragte für Fragen des sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs)
UK
Public-sector accident insurance fund (Unfallkasse)
UKASK
Independent Commission for the Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse (Unabhängige Kommission zur Aufarbeitung sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs)
Urt.
Judgment (Urteil)

V

VA
Pensions office (Versorgungsamt)
VA
Administrative act (Verwaltungsakt)
VB
Entitled to benefits (versorgungsberechtigt)
VdK
Association of war-disabled persons, war survivors and social pensioners in Germany (Verband der Kriegsbeschädigten, Kriegshinterbliebenen und Sozialrentner Deutschlands)
VersMedV
Medical Care Ordinance (Versorgungsmedizin-Verordnung)
vgl.
Compare (vergleiche)
VKH
Legal aid in family proceedings (Verfahrenskostenhilfe)
VSA
Pensions office (Versorgungsamt)
VwGO
Code of Administrative Court Procedure (Verwaltungsgerichtsordnung)
VwVfG
Administrative Procedure Act (Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz)

W

WfbM
Sheltered workshop for people with disabilities (Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen)
WR
WEISSER RING victim support association (Weißer Ring)

Z

z. B.
For example (zum Beispiel)
ZBFS
Bavarian Centre for Family and Social Affairs, the pensions office (Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales)
ZDG
Civilian Service Act (Zivildienstgesetz)
ZKA
Customs Criminological Office (Zollkriminalamt)
ZUG
Arrest unit of the police (Zugriffseinheit)

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