Guide To The Tables

[Banjo]

Guidelines to the Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment
for Disability Support Pension (the Tables)

guidesacts.fahcsia.gov.au/guides_acts/ssguide_images/guidelines%20to%20the%20tables.pdf

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Thanks Banjo,

I am a little confused on the above tables....

On page 9 of the guide above,

For DSP purposes, 'permanent' medical condition does not mean condition that is ‘indefinite’ or ‘incurable'. For DSP, a condition is permanent if it has been:
* fully diagnosed by an appropriately qualified medical practitioner (this includes an
appropriate specialist); and
* fully treated; and
* fully stabilised;
and
* is more likely than not, in light of available evidence to persist for more than two years
.
The above criteria, in particular the criteria related to treatment and stability of medical conditions,
are interrelated and should not be considered in isolation from one another.

Example: Whether a condition has been fully treated or not, must be considered when determining whether the condition is fully stabilised. Therefore, some of the examples of conditions that may be considered as fully treated (provided under" Fully diagnosed and fully treated" below) are also reasonable indications of the condition’s stability.

An impairment that results from a specific condition can only be considered permanent if it is more likely than not, in light of the available evidence, to persist for more than 2 years.

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I am having trouble understanding this bit.

For my FOI requests, I found that all of my conditions have the above ticked in my 2010 DSP claim, even the one that has the 20 points in a single table. There is only one that doesn't (only has Fully Diagnosed ticked), however, that one received no points at all, compared to my 2004 DSP claim, which scored 10 points).

So I am having trouble understanding why are these boxes are ticked "fully treated" & "fully stabilised".

Thanks.

[Banjo]

One of the things I see here is complaints that cancer sufferers fail to qualify for the DSP.
In Centrelink's view it is because the cancer is rarely fully treated or fully stabilised.

Your impairments are not like this, they may get worse, osteoarthritis suffers always will for example, but there is nothing more that can be done.

At least I think that's what it means.