Swan and Secretary, Department of Social Services (Social services second review)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered a claim for a disability support pension made by Swan against the Secretary, Department of Social Services. The dispute concerned whether Swan's impairments met the eligibility criteria for the pension, specifically whether they were fully diagnosed, treated, and stabilised, and whether they attracted a sufficient number of impairment points.

The Tribunal was required to determine if Swan's physical, intellectual, or psychiatric impairments qualified for the disability support pension. This involved assessing whether these impairments had been fully diagnosed, treated, and stabilised, and crucially, whether they attracted a minimum of 20 impairment points under the relevant social security legislation.

The Tribunal affirmed the decision under review, finding that Swan's impairments did not meet the threshold for the disability support pension. The reasoning likely involved an assessment of the evidence presented regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and stabilisation of Swan's conditions, and a calculation of the impairment points attributed to those conditions, which ultimately did not reach the required 20 points.