New DSP eligibility rules.

[nomadic]

Looks like they MAY? have loosened the rules on getting the DSP. Need a cleverer one than me to decipher it though.

www.barwoncommunitylegal.org.au/updates-to-the-disability-support-pension-dsp/?fbclid=IwAR1CLWsKbn8WkuUhqKGrMM-j7Nt3_gZuRG4jOCIVv_GKLq4E4fLxhkxdRD8

[bear]

Jul 11, 2023 18:49:05 GMT 7 nomadic said:

Looks like they MAY? have loosened the rules on getting the DSP. Need a cleverer one than me to decipher it though.

www.barwoncommunitylegal.org.au/updates-to-the-disability-support-pension-dsp/?fbclid=IwAR1CLWsKbn8WkuUhqKGrMM-j7Nt3_gZuRG4jOCIVv_GKLq4E4fLxhkxdRD8

I nearly gave up on reading that nomadic .  The department certainly made no fast moves.

It's almost exactly the same as it has been since 2012 except for one word. The word is "fully" and it is explained below and was removed in April 2023 when the latest tables came into effect. New 2023 tables:- www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2023L00188

Until the new process is actually reported on though, no one will be much the wiser as to how the assessors navigate the process and Barwon Community Legal seem like they're mostly wishing & hoping for meaningful change just like the rest of us. Cheers 🐻

Excerpt:-
"The new change removes the word ‘fully’, making the criteria clearer in that now a condition only needs to be ‘treated, diagnosed and stabilized in order to be given a required Impairment rating.

With these changes, it is hoped that the DSP will become more accessible to those who need it most and that the application process will be clearer."


www.barwoncommunitylegal.org.au/updates-to-the-disability-support-pension-dsp/?fbclid=IwAR1CLWsKbn8WkuUhqKGrMM-j7Nt3_gZuRG4jOCIVv_GKLq4E4fLxhkxdRD8

 

[latindancer]

That's an interesting development. Some kind of neurological injury was triggered in me after I got heat exhaustion / marginal heatstroke at work, but Work Cover (who used to be Workers Compensation) denied me any payment, one reason being that no neurologist has yet been able to fully diagnose it....despite the painfully obvious symptom of badly slurred speech.

Perhaps 'the authorities' are starting to get a bit of sense. Now all I have to do is (somehow) extract the essence of their latest shift in logic towards being more sensible, and then (somehow) apply it to my Work Cover appeal. Groan.