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ESA won appeal now asking for fit/sick notes is this right?
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Will he satisfy the following?
Receiving regular treatment
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]42045 Claimants are treated as having LCW when they [/FONT]
[/FONT]1. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]receive [/FONT]
[/FONT]1.1. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]regular weekly treatment by way of haemodialysis for chronic renal failure [/FONT][/FONT]or
1.2. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]treatment by way of plasmapheresis or by way of radiotherapy [/FONT][/FONT]or
1.3. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]regular weekly treatment by way of total parenteral nutrition for gross impairment of enteric function1 [/FONT][/FONT]and
2. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]satisfy the condition in DMG 420482 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]unless they are treated as not having LCW because they are working3 (see DMG 42292 et seq). [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,Times][FONT=Times New Roman,Times]1 ESA Regs, reg 26(1); 2 reg 26(2); 3 regs 40 & 44 [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,Times]
[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]42046 An explanation of the treatments in DMG 42045 is in Appendix 3 to this Chapter1. [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,Times][FONT=Times New Roman,Times]1 reg 26 [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,Times]
[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]42047 Subject to DMG 42048 a claimant referred to in DMG 42045 is to be treated as having LCW during any week in which that claimant is engaged in treatment or has a day of recovery from that treatment1. [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,Times][FONT=Times New Roman,Times]1 reg 26(1) [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,Times]
[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]42048 Claimants who receive the treatment in DMG 42045 [/FONT][/FONT]1. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]are only treated as having LCW from the first week of treatment where they have no fewer than [/FONT]
[/FONT]1. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]two days of treatment [/FONT][/FONT]or
2. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]two days of recovery from that treatment [/FONT][/FONT]or
3. [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]one day of treatment and one day of recovery from that treatment [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]but the days of treatment or recovery or both need not be consecutive1. [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,Times][FONT=Times New Roman,Times]1 reg 26(2) [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman,Times]
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We only found out on Monday that he now needs dialysis, it is being put off for a week to try new meds and repeat blood tests, hes in no condition to have stressful treatment because hes still recovering from the stroke (and may need brain surgery to remove the resultant clot) and hes having hospital treatment 2 or 3 times per week.0
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