I think I know where this may have come from.

You can not use a combined earth/neutral (TN-C) after a RCD since the imbalance would not
be picked up.
They are perfectly suitable for use in final circuits from TN-C or TN-C-S (PME) supplies as long
as the earth anI think what it is, is that its inadviseable to use an RCD to protect against
indirect contact in a TN-C-S system, but using it in combination with another device capable
of acheiveing disconnection is ok. The reason being in extreme cases, high supply impedance,
the fault level could not be enough to clear the OCD, and it would drag the combined neutral
and protective conductor up quite a bit, which could mean the RCD has insufficent voltage to
trip. You'd need a fault current of about 500A to pull the voltage on 0.35 ohm TN-C-S to below
50A, and as thats enough to clear a C50, I guess if you were using a C63 you might have
problems, but you wouldn't be doing, because you wouldn't be able to clear phase->neutral
faults
The problem is of more concern with RCBOs, because I think RCDs have a small capacitor to
mitigate the effects of a collasping supply voltage, where'as RCBOs are smaller and design
compromises had to be made.
I'll try to dig up the thread on the IEE forum in a bit d neutral are completely seperate after
the RCD.
I think what it is, is that its inadviseable to use an RCD to protect against indirect contact in a
TN-C-S system, but using it in combination with another device capable of acheiveing
disconnection is ok. The reason being in extreme cases, high supply impedance, the fault
level could not be enough to clear the OCD, and it would drag the combined neutral and
protective conductor up quite a bit, which could mean the RCD has insufficent voltage to trip.
You'd need a fault current of about 500A to pull the voltage on 0.35 ohm TN-C-S to below 50A,
and as thats enough to clear a C50, I guess if you were using a C63 you might have problems,
but you wouldn't be doing, because you wouldn't be able to clear phase->neutral faults
The problem is of more concern with RCBOs, because I think RCDs have a small capacitor to
mitigate the effects of a collasping supply voltage, where'as RCBOs are smaller and design
compromises had to be made.
I'll try to dig up the thread on the IEE

I think what it is, is that its inadviseable to use an RCD to protect against indirect contact in a
TN-C-S system, but using it in combination with another device capable of acheiveing
disconnection is ok. The reason being in extreme cases, high supply impedance, the fault
level could not be enough to clear the OCD, and it would drag the combined neutral and
protective conductor up quite a bit, which could mean the RCD has insufficent voltage to trip.

You'd need a fault current of about 500A to pull the voltage on 0.35 ohm TN-C-S to below 50A,
and as thats enough to clear a C50, I guess if you were using a C63 you might have problems,
but you wouldn't be doing, because you wouldn't be able to clear phase->neutral faults
The problem is of more concern with RCBOs, because I think RCDs have a small capacitor to
mitigate the effects of a collasping supply voltage, where'as RCBOs are smaller and design
compromises had to be made.
I'll try to dig up the thread on the IEE forum in a bit