IIDB

MouldyOldDough

Does the accident/disease have to occur actually AT work or if it can be proven - just have to be caused by work ?

This is extremely important for my case…….

Woodstok2000

It's different depending on whether you are claiming for an accident or a disease.

If it's an accident, in almost all cases, it has to have happened at work or on an approved training or placement scheme, in England, Scotland or Wales.

If it's a disease it must be on the approved list and have been caused by your work or training scheme.

https://www.gov.uk/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit/eligibility

MouldyOldDough

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82139524#Comment_82139524

For me - it was several weeks later - After I was prescribed a drug during a training course - the problem is not proving that the drug after effects almost killed me but that I am able to claim when I was at home.

HillStreetBlues

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6683621/iidb

I'm am no expert on this but I believe it has to be caused by work not at a set place.
Have you read the guidance?

sheramber

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82139528#Comment_82139528

Who prescribed it and what has the training course got to do with it?

Woodstok2000

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82139528#Comment_82139528

'At work' may cause confusion, it doesn't have to happen in a specific place, but just in the course of your employment.

I think this is going to be complex and you'll probably only get an answer by applying through the scheme, but a few questions that may help:

1. Was the prescription for an illness caused by work?
2. Who gave the prescription? Your usual GP or someone else?
3. Was the drug a prescription drug or over-the-counter?
4. Were the side effects covered in the medicine information leaflet?
5. Are the side-effects ongoing or have you recovered? Any permanent ongoing after-effects?

sgthammer

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82139528#Comment_82139528

Unless the drug was prescribed as part of your training course it would be hard to argue it's your employer's responsibility. But that would have to be some training course – military? In which case while you might have moral right on your side, you could be looking at a campaign of multiple decades to get so much as an acknowledgement let alone any form of compensation (think of A-bomb test veterans or people with so-called Gulf War Syndrome), and only you can judge whether that fight is worth it.

MouldyOldDough

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82139536#Comment_82139536

Yes I have several times

MouldyOldDough

It was a military hospital and a naval surgeon. I was a civilian. It happened over 35 years ago and yes the effects of the drug still affect me every day. The MOD claim to have lost the my medical records from the time

Woodstok2000

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82139670#Comment_82139670

I think you'd just need to submit a claim and see what happens, but 35 years after the event is maybe a little late…

Robbie64

If the MOD have lost your medical records from the time, is it possible that some of these records might be held by your GP?