Germany Switches Pension Supplement to Point-Based Boost on Dec. 1

The recalculation adds 7.5% to each recipient’s existing pension points, raising the underlying benefit permanently.

Overview

Deutsche Rentenversicherung will automatically review roughly three million existing cases and issue revised notices.
The temporary top-up tied to the paid amount under §307j SGB VI ends on 30 November 2025.
Under the new rule, additional points equal to 0.075 times a person’s current total are credited, and these extra points are not subject to prior early‑retirement deductions.
Those primarily affected are disability and survivor pensions that began between 2001 and 2018, plus many old‑age pensions that directly followed such disability benefits.
An example in the coverage shows a disability pension rising from €1,858.71 to about €1,998.11 per month, a gain of roughly €139.40.