TQCH and Secretary, Department of Social Services (Social security second... [2025] ARTA 1211 | Case summary

The applicant would not fall within a category of severe impairment because none of here impairments would have attracted more than 20 points under a single impairment. On that basis the applicant it would be unnecessary to further consider paragraphs 94(2)(a) and (b) of the Social Security Act.
Even if the applicant's impairment was not a severe impairment, the applicant would have needed to actively participate in a 'Program of Support' to be regarded as having a continuing inability to work.
There is no evidence before the Tribunal that the applicant completed any days of a program of support.[18]
The Tribunal finds that even if the applicant's conditions were fully diagnosed, treated and stabilised, she would not have satisfied paragraphs 94(2)(aa), (a) or (b) of the Social Security Act, and would not have demonstrated a continued inability to work as required by paragraph 94(1)(c) of the Social Security Act.

TQCH and Secretary, Department of Social Services (Social security second review) [2025] ARTA 1211 (14 July 2025)