---
title: "Letter asking a treating practitioner for Disability Support Pension evidence"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/letter-to-treating-practitioner-dsp-evidence"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a56-letter-to-treating-practitioner-dsp-evidence"
area_id: "A56"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A56-P20261018-5", "A56-N20261018-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Letter asking a treating practitioner for Disability Support Pension evidence

> 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/letter-to-treating-practitioner-dsp-evidence  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use when a Disability Support Pension claim needs medical evidence and the practitioner has not yet reported. It asks for facts. It does not rate an impairment or draft the report.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the request to a treating doctor for Disability Support Pension evidence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/prepare-the-request-to-a-treating-doctor-for-disability-support-pension.md)
- [Map the medical evidence against the Disability Support Pension impairment tables](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/map-the-medical-evidence-against-the-disability-support-pension-impairme.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may insert the conditions and the practitioners from the claim form into this letter; the practitioner who treats the person writes the medical content.

**AI may:**

- Address the letter to the treating doctor or other health professional named on the file
- List the topics Services Australia says the evidence should cover
- Name the type of practitioner the page requires for a mental health, intellectual, hearing or vision condition

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the medical report, a diagnosis, or an impairment rating
- Must not say the condition is diagnosed, reasonably treated and stabilised
- Must not cite the impairment tables instrument; the Services Australia page points to the Department of Social Services tables and that page was not opened

**The lawyer checks:**

- The letter asks only for matters the Services Australia page lists
- The correct practitioner type is requested where the page requires one
- A manifest category is included only if the claim actually raises it
- No proposed rating or table score appears in the letter

## Authorities

- [Services Australia, Medical evidence for Disability Support Pension (what the evidence should cover, manifest medical rules, and the practitioners named for Tables 5, 9, 11 and 12)](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/medical-evidence-for-disability-support-pension?context=22276)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/letter-to-treating-practitioner-dsp-evidence and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*