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Medical referee assessment

  • 13-02-2012 10:21pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    HI,
    I'm on sickness benefit and hand in certs evry week. I have been called for a medical review.

    I have all my consultant reports, scans and letters to verify my diagnosis but they are a few years old. I have always tried to soldier on with my illness and worked a 3 day week untill 6 months ago.

    Do you think I should go and have my medical files updated, get an appointment for a specialist just to say i'm still living with the same condition. It's a chronic pain condition and I really just try to control it without too much doctors appointments. I also fall just below the cut offf for a medical card so I would have to spend money on this appointments to get up dated. About €135 for each appointment.

    I just feel I have to convince the referee because of others misgivings and it's adding to my stress.

    My GP has encouraged me to go for invalidity pension and I have enough stamps.

    Any advice welcome.


Comments

  • #2
    Lugh Ildanach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Lugh Ildanach


    Disability linked payments are based on the medical evidence. The more you have, and the more recent it is, the stronger your case will be.


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