Assistance with WGA benefits and medical examination


Questioner

Dear lawyers, I am 80-100% incapacitated and receive a WGA benefit. Because I have lived and worked in England for many years, I also receive a small disability benefit from England. The amount of my English benefit is deducted from my monthly WGA benefit. Because all my treatments have been completed and I have exhausted all my treatment options, the benefits agency in England requested the benefits agency in the Netherlands at the beginning of 2016 to carry out a new medical examination, i.e. to medically examine me again. This is to be able to assess whether the benefit from England is still justified. Now I have received a new letter from the English benefits agency stating that because they have not received any response after several letters to the Dutch benefits agency, the English benefits agency is now asking me to have a medical examination done by an independent doctor!! A long list, in Dutch, was sent along to be completed by a doctor here in the Netherlands. So I also expected a call from the Dutch benefits agency and informed them at the time that my treatment had been completed, but I did not receive any response from them either. My question to you is: - what kind of doctor should I have this done by, I have no idea?? - Can you recommend one or more doctors, I don't know which doctors are really independent? - and who should pay for this medical examination - shouldn't this medical examination be the responsibility of the Dutch benefits agency? What should I do? Thank you very much in advance for your help, I look forward to your reply.

Questioner

Dear lawyers, I eagerly await your advice...!

Lawyer

Dear sir, I assume that you have also been examined by a doctor from the UWV. I advise you to contact him by phone. If that does not work, I advise you to write a letter to that doctor from the UWV. You can also ask the English authority who will pay the costs of the investigation? Do you have any questions? Please feel free to ask.

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