Civil Service - iLL Health Retirement

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  • ardencraig
    ardencraig Online Community Member Posts: 12 Listener

    Thanks Scott, I’d been having some problems with the modeller. There is a massive over 50% difference between both options for me. I’d contacted MYCSP around 3 times in the past and they assured me that whilst the figures are an estimate it’s still fairly accurate. However, as there’s such a difference I’ve done some online research and there seems to be many people with the option there’s a known issue with the accuracy with the modeller. I contact MYCSP again the other day and the agent seemed less than knowledgeable, to the extent he advised that anyone can take their nuvos pension from 50 years (which they can’t).

    Obviously best just to wait until I get the figures in writing. And it’s a lot less worry now that I’ve been awarded higher tier in any event.
    For anyone reading these posts in future your advice was spot on. It’s all about proving you meet the scheme criteria. And I believe your advice of not just completing the small boxes on the IHR1 form, but to provide further information on additional pages was a massive help.

    Thanks again Scott.

    Andy

  • Bydand
    Bydand Online Community Member Posts: 233 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1014604#Comment_1014604

    No worries, glad to help and you found my advice of benefit. I tend to type as I formulate things in my head so it can come across as quite abrupt and too the point but I am glad that I helped confirm points you were likely already aware of and perhaps suggested things you might not have been so sure about.

    If anyone else finds this post helpful then great. Being ill and trying to juggle both home life and work commitments can be very very stressful but at the end of the day your health is the most important thing and you really have to do right by yourself.

    Getting the top tier award is tremendous and is such a relief for those lucky to get it whilst suffering with a debilitating medical condition, it really can be the difference between managing one’s future with an ongoing illness or financially struggling and everything that goes along with that….I well remember the surge of release that came on reading my award letter ( I am man enough to admit to having had a cry ), and my case was pretty straight forward as I have a life limiting disease (terminal) so I was fairly confident I would be awarded higher tier.

    My advice to anyone is to prepare fully and be proactive. Meeting the pension policy criteria fully is essential and providing enough medical evidence to do so is the be all and end all to being successful….or not

    Take it easy, and hoping your award will help in being better able to manage your condition moving forward.

    Signing out lol

    Scott

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