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Problems getting an incapacity benefit claim form
Getting some benefit claim forms used to be quite easy even if getting the benefit wasn’t!
The Benefit Enquiry Line have always been able to send out | penny newell | 20-Apr-05 12:52 PM
by Paul Treloar | 12 | 990 |
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CIB/14308/96
Does anybody have a copy of the above they can fax to me on 0121 2362679?
Its about the ability to lift a carton of milk - the descriptor is sati | RuthC | 20-Apr-05 10:24 AM
by RuthC | 2 | 403 |
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IB and permanent health insurance payments
Hi all,
Wanted to run this by you all for a bit of input.
Lady takes ill and is off work. She gets full pay for first 6 months and then goes ont | Big Lee | 20-Apr-05 10:06 AM | 0 | 433 |
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The Quality of Medical Examinations
The bugbear of anyone who does incapacity benefit appeals... the poorly done medical examination...
I' m looking to add a few different flavours to | Kevin_H | 18-Apr-05 10:11 AM | 0 | 809 |
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Voluntary/permitted work - backdated payments
Has anyone come across claimant receiving backdated lump sum payment for attending meetings, and how that affected their IB? I've never come across, a | gaynaphelps | 14-Apr-05 03:28 PM
by chrisduran | 8 | 807 |
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Incapacity Benefit adult addition
Am I right in thinking that the adult addition is only payable with long term ICB where the additional adult partner is aged 60 or over??
I have a | JService | 13-Apr-05 07:40 PM
by ghost | 2 | 676 |
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Incap PCA
Been informed by my client that she had previously worked with the examining Doctor at her PCA assessment, has anyone come across this situation in th | phil east | 12-Apr-05 09:37 AM | 0 | 579 |
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IB50 - legality if not signed
...well, my client did sign it, just didn't date it. Is what he wrote in it still legally binding? He filled it in himself and made a complete hash | ali l | 11-Apr-05 09:53 AM | 0 | 618 |
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Reasonable Regularity
Thought i had a commissioners decision which covered a person's ability to carry out a descriptor with "reasonable regularity" but i can't find it.
| bensup | 08-Apr-05 01:26 PM
by bensup | 2 | 633 |
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Friday afternoon shock story: bonkers decision.
....or nearly Friday afternoon anyway.
A claimant who I wrote a submission for lost her appeal.
The decision states:
"The tribunal considered | Martin_Williams | 01-Apr-05 11:46 AM
by Martin_Williams | 5 | 1159 |
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IBY
I'm still smarting about Hinchy in the HoL, which has spoiled my day (I had a possible case where Carer's Allowance were notified but AA might not hav | jimpepin | 01-Apr-05 07:34 AM
by jimpepin | 5 | 939 |
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IB and National Insurance credits
I have a client who is appealing a decision that he failed the Personal Capability Assessment (PCA). He claimed IB but did not satisfy the contributio | Rachel Ellison | 23-Mar-05 06:52 AM
by judithH | 3 | 853 |
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Incapacity benefit/income support
I read about case law a while back but cannot find it. This involed the onset of income support if the claiment did not meet the cotributions conditio | Lawrence S | 22-Mar-05 09:47 AM
by ken | 4 | 996 |
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work and incapacity benefit
I am having trouble finding the answer to this.
If someone has been on long term incapacity and wants to return to full time work can they claim be | nigel bonser | 21-Mar-05 07:10 PM
by nigel bonser | 4 | 888 |
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breaking 'howker' news .......
The government has announced that it has withdrawn draft regulations that would have nullified the effect of the Court of Appeal's ruling in Howker v. | shawn | 17-Mar-05 03:29 PM | 0 | 658 |
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Disability Premium.
My tenant scored 12 points in his PCA, the appeal hearing is in two weeks time. Yesterday we won an appeal against a DLA decision. He was awarded lo | Moufassa | 11-Mar-05 11:53 AM
by Robbo | 1 | 814 |
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Altered consciousness and hypoglycaemia
Dear Folks,
Please can anyone add light to this one. I have a client with IDDM. She has frequent hypoglycaemic attacks, and stated on the IB50 that | jhusayn | 10-Mar-05 09:58 AM
by ken | 1 | 699 |
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LIfting and Carrying after Howker
I have a case coming up at the Commisioners where this is an issue. Amongst the papers is Capello v. Secretayr of State for Work and Pansions in the C | Damian Walsh | 09-Mar-05 04:59 PM
by chris orr | 2 | 664 |
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CIB/2534/2001 - Copy Needed
Does anyone have a copy of this decision? - it relates to the PCA and 'reasonable regularity'. Thanks. | jimmckenny | 08-Mar-05 09:54 AM
by jimmckenny | 2 | 668 |
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S.S.P to I.B
Got a client only just changing from S.S.P to I.B. Currently receiving D.L.A HC HM.Please could anyone kindly refresh my memory as regards which rate | lj | 07-Mar-05 02:25 PM
by Gerry2 | 2 | 584 |
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IB panel of experts
Does anybody know where I can find the reports of the "panel of experts" who came up with the All Work Test 10 years ago? I'm not sure whether it woul | Damian Walsh | 07-Mar-05 12:00 PM
by northwiltshire | 1 | 575 |
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52 week linking rule and permitted work
I need help to interpret what the final bullet point on p 757 in CPAG W/Benefits and T/Credits handbook! Does this mean that if you have done any perm | Heather | 07-Mar-05 11:20 AM
by Heather | 4 | 802 |
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Incapacity in youth. Interrupted education over 19 due to illness
A 22 year has had his Incapacity in youth claim refused as he has been deemed as a full time student. He has completed 1 year of 3 year degree course | Joe Knight | 04-Mar-05 01:48 PM | 0 | 485 |
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Reduction in income re incapacity benefit
Organisation: Lewisham College FE
Can anyone help me with query?
Comments : I have a client who was receiving incapacity benefit and had a pers | bbw | 03-Mar-05 03:24 PM
by judithH | 1 | 624 |
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Pathways to work
We're due to join the pathways to work pilot in October 2005.
We've had a meeting with our local JC+ but they have not been able to answer all of o | bensup | 03-Mar-05 09:01 AM | 0 | 483 |
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All IB removals based upon a PCA are invalid!
We have recently developed an argument essentially based on Howker that the PCA as currently applied has been made without the authority of parliament | Mick Guy | 23-Feb-05 02:25 PM
by Mick Guy | 81 | 10437 |
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Incap Ben and deductions for pensions
Hi all,
This is one for the HRA experts out there! I'm only at the initial thinking stages, so feel free to blow it out of the water, lol!!
If s | Big Lee | 21-Feb-05 01:41 PM | 0 | 535 |
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Major Therapeutic Procedure and Drug Rehabilitation- CIB/3104/2004
Commissioner Turnbull has given a decision in a case taken by LASA's appeal team (CI B/310 | Martin_Williams | 21-Feb-05 12:28 PM | 0 | 506 |
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Re-instatement of IS after successful PCA appeal.
My client was on NI credits for incapacity and IS (but no IB) before failing a PCA in June. She appealed, claimed JSA pending the appeal and won her a | Peter Newton | 21-Feb-05 11:49 AM
by Andrew_Fisher | 4 | 922 |
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SDA and temporary absence from UK with Income Support
Hi all,
I'm looking to check something out.
If someone in reciept of income support wishes to take a temporary absence from the UK (in my case a | Big Lee | 18-Feb-05 07:17 AM
by Big Lee | 2 | 551 |
Incapacity related benefits
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