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  Saw a friend of mine for the first time since getting back from Nigeria. He has been very ill and has suffered permanent nerve damage, virtually paralysing his right leg and leaving him in constant pain in his back. However, a London surgeon reckons that with the right treatment he may regain full use of his leg in about 2.5 years, but will never be shot of the pain.
  
  So, he applied for two things; Incapacity benefit and an Invalid parking badge. The same medical information, provided by his GP and the London surgeon was sent to both government departments. Four weeks later he received a refusal of incapacity benefit on t he grounds that he could climb a flight of stairs (takes over 30mins) and therefore was not incapacitated. After about 6 weeks his parking badge arrived with confirmation that his disability warranted one. He is appealing the incapacity benefit decision.
  
  Joined up government eh? How many millions wasted on computerisation? It'll be interesting to see how the new boys deal with this type of problem.

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