Industrial Accident - any experience of claiming ?

Wibbles
Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,619 Championing
edited July 2 in Benefits and income

IIDB, Exceptional Rate CAA and Constant Attendance Allowance (exceptional rate)

Does anybody have any experience of claiming these ?

My claim is extremely complex and involves being prescribed a drug by a military doctor, 36 years ago that has had a devastating ongoing effect on me - when I was not in the armed services !

Before anyone says "too late .. 36 years" - it's not, because I only discovered the true facts recently through SARS…..

I have full medical records as evidence of malpractice.

There is also the option of suing the government ?

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  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,328 Trailblazing

    I would draw your attention to the Christmas Island Nuclear Test Veterans, who are still being denied justice 70 plus years later.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,619 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1136147#Comment_1136147

    Yes - but this happened in UK

    I have used SARs to request the information from MOD, but am guessing that it no longer exists !

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,619 Championing
    edited July 3

    For example - do I put in a claim for IIDB and if they reject me - use legal protection on my home insurance to fight them - or do I go straight to legal protection - tell them what I am doing and leave it to them ?

    Also I have suing MOD as an option !

    ps I am not scared to take the government to court for what they did to me !

    I have lived 36 years believing that I was responsible for my own demise - when all along it was caused by a drug administered to me, by work (on the pretense that it would help me) - that damaged my health permanently - it has caused me loss of friends, jobs, health etc

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,328 Trailblazing
    edited July 3

    *Getting "comment not found" again.

    if I were a cynic, I would imagine your file has been 'lost' in a fire, flood, plague, take your pick.

    The Nuclear Test Veterans, Infected Blood Enquiry etc, the government are running down the clock on those people's lives. I imagine it would be a waste of your time and energy.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 6,239 Online Community Team

    Hi @ColonelBlink one of your comments was captured by the filter but I've released it now. No idea why or if that's what you're referring to, but thought I'd let you know just in case πŸ˜…πŸ˜Š

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 2,881 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1136433#Comment_1136433

    The info would probably be classified under the Official Secrets Act.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 6,239 Online Community Team

    It might be worth getting legal input on this as it sounds very complex @Wibbles πŸ˜₯

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,619 Championing
    edited July 5

    I have considerable experience of filling in forms.

    I successfully claimed Medical Retirement from the Government - Despite not having worked for them for over 4 years !

    Also - medical retirement from a school job - despite being told that only 4 people had successfully achieved any tier of retirement - I managed to get offered band 1 - the highest !

    Plus I managed to obtain enhanced PIP mobility and daily living - without any form of "face to face or phone" assessment - So, I can handle this on my own !

  • egiste2r
    egiste2r Posts: 146 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1136433#Comment_1136433

    If a person inhales radioactive aerosols, the radioactive contamination remains within the body, and specific radioactive isotopes are easily detected using appropriate measuring equipment. Such equipment is certainly available in France, Germany, the United States, and Russia.

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  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,619 Championing
    edited July 9

    I received an anoxic brain injury through being prescribed a drug called "disulfiram" by a Naval Surgeon - when I was a civilian !!

    I was on an alcohol awareness course - run for naval personnel - the drug is known to cause this problem and it put me in a coma and has had life changing consequences.

    This all happened 36 years ago and evidently there is no restriction on backdating claims !

    I have all of my medical records (obtained last year through SARS) - which clearly indicate what happened and am starting a claim for IIDB - using META AI as my main adviser.

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Community Member Posts: 1,544 Championing

    Hi @Wibbles. I too do high-level forms on my own as it's one of the things I'm really good at. It certainly helps taking on new battles when you have the confidence in knowing that you're good at it. Good luck to you.

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