passed Atos medical?

joey75

hi all i had my atos medical last week and worried half to death i suffer from depression, agrophobia, fibromyalgia, disc probs, ME and more, i was in with the doctor person for about 15 mins he asked me questions done a quick examination of my leg strength and that was it. i have spent the last week worried sick, thinking maybe i should have mentioned this and that, what if they dont have enough info and so on. so today i thought i cant take it any more im just going to phone and find out what was happening and i was told they had received the report today it had been looked at and i had passed and will continue to receive my income support and i will be reveiwed again next november so what does this mean exactly? cheers for any advice

uolypool

I recently has a Atos medical for ESA .Like you I spent the time immediately after wondering if I had given enough info etc, I recieved a letter stating I had been put into the work focused group for esa and would be reviewed again around nov 2011.Basically it sounds like you have "failed"the medical thus giving you limited ability for work that is what mine meant and my benefit was increase as put into a group I dont know however if this is the same for IS about the benefit increase.Apologies if it is not:).Congratulations on "failing " the assessment

dmg24

uolypool wrote: »

I recently has a Atos medical for ESA .Like you I spent the time immediately after wondering if I had given enough info etc, I recieved a letter stating I had been put into the work focused group for esa and would be reviewed again around nov 2011.Basically it sounds like you have "failed"the medical thus giving you limited ability for work that is what mine meant and my benefit was increase as put into a group I dont know however if this is the same for IS about the benefit increase.Apologies if it is not:).Congratulations on "failing " the assessment

If the OP is in receipt of IS they will still be on an IB based claim. Passing the medical does not increase an existing IB claimant's payment.