For doctors and entrepreneurs:

You are obliged to report any justified suspicion of an occupational disease to the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the agricultural sector without delay.

For insured persons:

Insured persons can also report the suspicion of an occupational disease themselves. The report can be made informally to the Landwirtschaftliche Berufsgenossenschaft (LBG).

If the Landwirtschaftliche Berufsgenossenschaft recognizes the occupational disease, it will provide all necessary benefits,

• mitigate the consequences of the occupational disease and
• prevent an aggravation.

In order to achieve these goals, the Landwirtschaftliche Berufsgenossenschaft pays various benefits. These benefits may include, for example, your medical care, rehabilitation measures and occupational measures.
If physical impairments remain despite these measures, you can receive a pension. To do so, your reduction in earning capacity (MdE) must be at least 20 percent. The MdE must be at least 30 percent for

• agricultural entrepreneurs,
• their wife or husband or their life partner
• as well as for family members working on a permanent basis.