Map the medical evidence against the Disability Support Pension impairment tables
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Working with the lawyer from the medical reports, extract for each condition the diagnosis, treatment, whether it is said to be stabilised, and the functional findings, and set them against the descriptors of the Impairment Table the lawyer selects, with report and page references.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides which Tables apply by claim date, whether each condition is diagnosed, reasonably treated and stabilised, what rating each Table supports, and whether the 20-point and Program of Support rules are met.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Working with the lawyer from the medical reports, extract for each condition the diagnosis, treatment, whether it is said to be stabilised, and the functional findings, and set them against the descriptors of the Impairment Table the lawyer selects, with report and page references. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm whether the 2023 or the 2011 Impairment Tables apply, by the date of the claim or review.
- Check each descriptor relied on against the text of the Table, not a paraphrase.
- Check that points are only combined across Tables where the Program of Support rule is met.
- Confirm each finding of stabilisation or reasonable treatment comes from a treating report, not an inference by the tool.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter asking a treating practitioner for Disability Support Pension evidence | Letter | AI use Yellow | A letter asking the treating practitioner for the diagnosis, treatment, day-to-day impact and prognosis that Services Australia says it needs for a Disability Support Pension claim. |
| Disability Support Pension medical evidence checklist mapped to the Impairment Tables | Checklist | AI use Yellow | A checklist for building or reviewing the medical evidence for a Disability Support Pension claim or review: which Tables apply, whether each condition is diagnosed, reasonably treated and stabilised and likely to persist, the specialist evidence some Tables need, and the 20-point rule. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Services Australia: Impairment rating for Disability Support Pension · 2026-10-18
- Social Security (Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension) Determination 2023 · 2026-10-18
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.