claim for ill health retirement pension

Hardupguy

posted this initially in wrong thread hope it is correct place this time...
My wife passed away last week and seems im plagued with inept people at a time i can do without it.... another problem occurred with a pension claim if anybody can help....
she claimed ill health retirement from scheme ( only 6 months till actual date )....they dragged their feet and asked for a medical examination to satisfy themselves of claim....she was unable to attend as bed ridden and they advised me that forms would be forwarded to allow medical staff to confirm her terminal illness...nothing has arrived afetr a few weeks and now she has passed away...
does the claim continue from first request or will it default to simple death claim now..?
If latter then my calculations assume her estate will have less of a payout now....rather than the increased payments she may have aquired had they processed claim with little more diligence...

bigbigmamamoo

So sorry for your loss. Unfortunately the people who can answer your questions are the same people who are being so unhelpful.
The best I can suggest is to write to them requesting a copy of the rules. Sorry I can't be of more help

Loughton_Monkey

It depends almost entirely upon the rules of your scheme. On the assumption that any claim made had not been formally decided and implemented, then it could well be that this works out to be 'financially' better than had she actually succeeded.

If I were you, I would not worry too much about that for the moment. But at some point, the pension administrators should inform you of what happens now. Then come back to this forum if the answers do not make sense or you need help to understand them fully.