Claimant Receiving Temporary Special Rate (TTI)

Veteran is not eligible for TTI at same time as permanent incapacity

Follow these three steps when a claim for service pension is lodged on permanent incapacity grounds and the veteran receives the t — emporarily totally incapacitated rate of disability pension ( TTI ).

Policy Library – Special Rate (T&PI & TTI) Eligibility

Section 4.1.6

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Note. A person cannot meet the criteria TTI and meet the criteria for totally and permanently incapacitated for service pension at the same time.

Step	Action
1	Do not reject or grant the claim for permanent incapacity as circumstances may have changed since the claimant was granted the TTI rate, i.e. there may have been an improvement or decline in the condition/s.
2	Co-ordinate the claim investigation with the veterans' compensation section to exchange medical information provided in the service pension and TTI claims, ensure findings made by income support section are consistent with and do not contradict, the findings of the veterans' compensation section, and ensure that a person is not attending unnecessary medical examinations.
3	Examine all the medical evidence in conjunction with veterans' compensation section..
		If veterans' compensation advises there will be...	Then the claim for service pension on incapacity grounds is to be...
		no change to the assessment of TTI at this time	reject — ed as the incapacity is not permanent, and More → Procedure Library – Claim to be Rejected, Ineligible 3.6.3/Permanent Incapacity Claim Fast Tracked in MAGPIES 2.1.5/After Eligibility has been Determined More → (go back) reviewed at the same time as TTI is reviewed for T&PI assessment by veterans' compensation section: set a review in DRS, More → OneDVA Intranet – System Guides DRS User Manual http://sharepoint/programsandprojects/systemguides/drs/Pages/Departmental%20Review%20System%20User%20Guide.asp More → (go back) reason [Correspondence + Follow Up], for same date as the TTI review, follow up outcome of review and if T&PI granted, invite a new claim for invalidity service pension.
		a revision of TTI to T&PI rate	granted, generally from date of grant of T&PI rate, for information on effective dates access this link, and More → Procedure Library – Effective Dates 11.1.5/Date of Grant of Permanent Invalidity Pension More → (go back) fast tracked. More → Procedure Library 3.6.3/Permanent Incapacity Claim Fast Tracked in MAGPIES More → (go back)
		a cancellation of/reduction in rate of TTI, as incapacity found to be caused, either fully/partially by condition/s not related to service	determined when sufficient information is available to make a decision, or More → Procedure Library 3.6.5/Determining Permanent Incapacity Service Pension More → (go back) investigated when the: More → Procedure Library – Permanent Incapacity Claim Investigation Section 3.6.3 More → (go back) revised level of impairment is fewer than 40 points and there are conditions not related to service to be considered, or the aspect of permanence has not been investigated and established yet.

Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-procedure-library/part-3-income-support-eligibility/36-permanent-incapacity/364-medical-evidence-permanent-incapacity/claimant-receiving-temporary-special-rate-tti