On the concept and content of disability in the Russian legislation

The article considers the influence of medical and social factors on the definition of the concept of disability and on the definition of the circle of persons recognized as incapable of work in social security and civil legislation. Using the comparative legal method allowed us to conclude that always the legislator understands disability as the impossibility to perform professional work. The differences in determining the circle of persons recognized as incapable of work are due to differences in the approach to determining the social causes of such impossibility in all cases.

temporary disability, legal fact, insured event, disability, insured person, insurer, disability criteria and classifications, survivor pension, disability pension, industrial accident, occupational disease, indemnification, inheritance