SCHEDULE 8U.K.Circumstances in which a claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work

Life threatening diseaseU.K.

5.  The claimant is suffering from a life threatening disease in relation to which—U.K.

(a)there is medical evidence that the disease is uncontrollable, or uncontrolled, by a recognised therapeutic procedure; and

(b)in the case of a disease that is uncontrolled, there is a reasonable cause for it not to be controlled by a recognised therapeutic procedure.