Legal issue: the constitutionality of the rule, which confers the status of a disabled veteran of the war only upon those civilians, who participated in mine clearing of the Soviet territory and have been wounded within the period which starts from February 1944.
Ratio decidendi: the contested regulation contradicts the Constitution, as long as it does not confer the same status upon persons who had been wounded likewise before February 1944. In such way it not only deprives them of the appropriate social benefits, but also negatively affects their personal self-esteem when they interact with the society and State. For this reason it may not be regarded as оbjectively justified, well-grounded and pursuing constitutionally significant goals.
