Independent report

Diseases with multiple known causes, occupational injuries, and medical assessment: IIAC report

The third in a series of reports intended to clarify and simplify the decisions made in diagnosis and assessment of disability from occupational disease and injury.

• From: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council and Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 19 June 2018

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Diseases with multiple known causes, occupational injuries, and medical assessment

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-0534-2, CCS0618807068 06/18, Cm. 9632

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The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) recently completed its consideration of the assessment of disability in claimants of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB). It has provided additional guidance to medical assessors where interpretations of regulations have in the past been inconsistent. This will allow a reduction in the number of appeals in certain cases of occupational disease and injury.

This report outlines the council’s final advice in a series of papers to clarify and simplify the decisions made in the diagnosis and assessment of disability from occupational disease and injury.

Related reports

• entitlement to benefit and medical assessment within the IIDB scheme (information note)

• presumption that a disease is due to the nature of employment: coverage and time rules (Cm 8880)

• presumption that a disease is due to the nature of employment: the role of rebuttal in claims assessment (Cm 9030)

• diseases with multiple known causes and rebuttal in the industrial injuries scheme (position paper 34)

Published 19 June 2018