DSP Eligibility Criteria
A summary of DSP eligibility
To get the DSP you will need to show Centrelink that you meet certain eligibility criteria.
These are:
- You meet the requirements for age, residency, and the income and assets tests.
- You have a medical condition or conditions.
- Your medical conditions are diagnosed, reasonably treated, and stabilised.
- Your medical conditions are rated as 20 points or more across multiple Impairment Tables, click HERE to view. *unless you meet the Manifest Grant criteria
- You cannot work 15 or more hours a week.
In some cases, you may need to have participated in a Program of Support
I have a medical condition; will I get the DSP?
- You may have a diagnosed medical condition that prevents you from working.
- You may have several conditions. Your conditions need to be reasonably treated and stabilised.
- You need to show how the symptoms from your medical conditions prevent you from working.
Centrelink will use what is called the Impairment Tables to assess your level of impairment. You need to have 20 points on the Impairment Tables for the conditions that prevent you from working.
If you don’t get 20 points on one table (in other words, you are not considered to have a severe impairment) you may have to do a Program of Support.
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