Last amended: 15 August 2022
To determine a person's incapacity for work, consideration is to be given to medical factors only. It is important that evidence is available to identify the disability/disabilities causing incapacity for work. For ISP this is normally gathered from the GARP forms generated by MAGPIES [2] and the Work Test Questionnaire form D0570. For invalidity-ISS this information is obtained using the Medical and Work Details form D0571.
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Usually the treating doctor is the appropriate person to evaluate and advise on the effects of disability/disabilities on the person's employability and is asked to comment on things like:
Before applying the Repatriation Commission approved guidelines, an initial diagnosis would have been received from the treating doctor and the veteran would have undergone a medical assessment to ascertain GARP impairment points and/or an assessment of ability to work.
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If further evidence is required in order to make a decision, the decision maker has the discretion to send the claimant for an independent medical assessment. The following points are guidelines on when that discretion might be exercised:
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For service pension purposes, in deciding whether a disability/disabilities affects a person's capacity for work, factors such as the following are taken into account:
Work in this context is not necessarily limited to:
For invalidity ISS purposes, in deciding whether a medical condition is affecting a person's capacity to work for at least 30 hours per week at award wages or above, factors such as the following are taken into account:
The person needs to have, or have the potential to acquire, all the characteristics necessary to perform the work.
The following factors are not to be considered in the assessment of permanent incapacity for ISS purposes:
For more information on Medical Assessment GARP Permanent Incapacity Eligibility System go to MAGPIES (Start/Departmental/Applications/MAGPIES)
The Medical Assessment GARP Permanent Incapacity Eligibility System (MAGPIES) is a stand-alone computer system for Invalidity SP. It has three main functions:
There is a production version for “live” processing of cases, and a training version for training and practice. MAGPIES is not used to calculate impairment points for Invalidity ISS.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16829%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16829#tgt-cspol_part3_ftn233
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16829#tgt-cspol_part3_ftn234
[5] clik://RESEARCH
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm5832-guidelines-psychiatric-compensation-claims-diagnosing-investigating-determining-assessing
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16829#tgt-cspol_part3_ftn235
[8] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16829#ref-cspol_part3_ftn233
[9] clik://RESEARCH/G5-instrument
[10] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16829#ref-cspol_part3_ftn234
[11] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-3-income-support-eligibility/36-permanent-incapacity/362-assessment-permanent-incapacity/assessment
[12] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16829#ref-cspol_part3_ftn235