Hello all, does anyone have any knowledge on the following. I was on I.C.Benefit until June 22nd 2007 when they stopped it, i was sent for a sort of medical assessment and because i could lift my arms up i was declared fit, i, was put on job seekers allowance. Some one has told me that i should not be on job seekers i should still be on Incapacity Benefit until i return to work, they said the law changed in May 2006 and people with Cancer, M.S, or H.I.V. are deemed to meet the definition of disability without having to show that they have an impairment, so what my pal is saying is, the Incapacity Benefit people should never have made me attend a medical? anyone out there got a clue? Great site
I think you may mean the new DDA, if you read here under the informal translation of it you will find the statement on cancer and disability
dwp.gov.uk/aboutus/business.asp, then if you ctrl and f, type in cancer it should take you to an article on it
Marge
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Hi Kippy
I have just started incapacity benefit as my SSP has just run out and it says I will be on this as long as I keep sending in doctors certificates to say I am unfit for work, do you have doctors certs, other than that I think it changes to income support if you call the job centre plus line they should be able to tell you as I sorted mine out through there over the telephone 0800 055 6688 (8am - 6pm Monday to Friday). they were very helpful as I thought they would not be…
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Pam
Incapacity benefit can be subject to a medical, regardless of doctor’s certification. Some of their reports are laughable - but they can still take you off incapacity - and the appeals service is equally biased. My incap medical was total fabrication, i was backed 100% by my dr and the appeal was thrown out after sitting through three tribunals!
I have since reapplied and was accepted, but at the bottom rate again.
The medical questionairre included i was:
doing all my food shopping online because i couldn’t carry bags
shopping locally for food three times a week
buying takeaways
to me this was all complete nonsense - the rest of the report was just as contradictory - yet his word after a ten minute assessment where i performed feats never before achievable - was accepted above my dr and their previous dr. I have NO faith in the benefits system at all.