incapacity benefit

in june i had to have a medical as soon as i seen my examiner i knew i was in trouble turns out she was a practitioners nurse and when she examined me she pushed my legs i thought they weren,t supposed to touch you when i tried to explain my illness she was dismissive and did not look up until she was asking a question when i received my report it looks like i have never been ill and i am doubtful of passing the medical i don,t know how to proceed i still havn,t heard if i passed or not do i wait or can i complain about the examiner and i also thought the examination was carried out by doctors help i,m worried can,t afford to loose money

janway wrote:

in june i had to have a medical as soon as i seen my examiner i knew i was in trouble turns out she was a practitioners nurse and when she examined me she pushed my legs i thought they weren,t supposed to touch you when i tried to explain my illness she was dismissive and did not look up until she was asking a question when i received my report it looks like i have never been ill and i am doubtful of passing the medical i don,t know how to proceed i still havn,t heard if i passed or not do i wait or can i complain about the examiner and i also thought the examination was carried out by doctors help i,m worried can,t afford to loose money

Hi,

Medicals can now be carried out by what they call Health Care Profesionals, which can include nurses as well as Doctors.

There is a wealth of resourses in the members area of the site, both in how to obtain a copy of your medical report and also challenging the outcome if you are turned down for IB.

If you are turmed down, it is also worth obtaining face to face help from a Welfare Rights Adviser or CAB etc.

Pete

i have alredy spoken to welfare rights advisor also have my report thanks