Atos medical results ?

Skinticket

dmg24 or dx2, I dont care which, but please try and explain to me how such a person as myself that has recognised disabilities, through no cause of my own backed up by my specialists at the hospital cannot get a penny in the form of DLA and ESA yet alcoholics and drug addicts who self impose their problems are entitled to it....

maybe if i turn into a raging alcoholic and a smackhead i'd be better looked after by the shoddy government in this country...

yappycat

As a couple of posters here are already aware the DWP are on a backlog atm and therefore a bit slower than usual. The call centre staff had a one day strike and as a result the peeps dealing with actual forms and assessments had to pick up some of the slack. I'm guessing bank holiday frenzy season isn't helping, along with all of those IB reassessments which will be hitting the DWPs turnover rate soon if not impacting on wait times already.

I'd usually advise just waiting... 'no news is good news' and all that clich!d jazz, but seeing as I'm currently in the midst of my second year of ESA warfare with the DWP ie= form - medical - 1st appeal - tribunal appeal (currently at 1st appeal stage - wish me luck, no idea how long it'll be before I hear back)...well I'm finding it hard to be patient too

Two4Tuesday

Skinticket wrote: »

dmg24 or dx2, I dont care which, but please try and explain to me how such a person as myself that has recognised disabilities, through no cause of my own backed up by my specialists at the hospital cannot get a penny in the form of DLA and ESA yet alcoholics and drug addicts who self impose their problems are entitled to it....

maybe if i turn into a raging alcoholic and a smackhead i'd be better looked after by the shoddy government in this country...

Skinticket wrote: »

sorry for going a little off topic, but i have a query regarding ESA...

i get esa and have some of it deducted because my wife claims carers allowance, she only gets £41 CA as she has some deducted for a social fund loan, my question is, should should my ESA be changed or is it correct that my esa stays the same?

If your wife got Carer's Allowance, doesn't that mean that you get (or got) DLA, and you said in your earlier post that you get ESA too?

Skinticket

Two4Tuesday wrote: »

If your wife got Carer's Allowance, doesn't that mean that you get (or got) DLA?

no... she gets that for her daughter whom gets dla...

cit_k

DX2 wrote: »

I was expecting something more than you tube, when he said he had FACTS.

its originally from the bbc...

FTW

DX2 wrote: »

Maybe you could email him? Or I could pop up the next time he's home

Maybe you could ask him if he has his CV updated? It's local elections shortly, so I daresay he'll need to be looking elsewhere very quickly.

yappycat

Carer's Allowance is one of the benefits taken fully into account when calculating your (household) income and entitlement to Income-Related ESA (see http://www.benefitsnow.co.uk/esa/income.asp)

So if the DWP have stated specifically that you receive £X less because your wife is receiving this benefit then it's likely that your ESA amount is correct, however asking them to recheck their figures is an option open to you.

I'm pretty certain that the fact your wife's benefit is reduced (due to repayments to the Social loan fund) is irrelevant in calculating your ESA entitlement.

DX2

FTW wrote: »

Maybe you could ask him if he has his CV updated? It's local elections shortly, so I daresay he'll need to be looking elsewhere very quickly.

:rotfl::T............

DX2

cit_k wrote: »

its originally from the bbc...

So?
When someone states they have FACTS, they should be able to back up these FACTS. Neither you tube or the BBC is where FACTS are found.

DX2

Skinticket wrote: »

no... she gets that for her daughter whom gets dla...

But you do get your ESA, as Two4Tuesday has already shown with your post history. So no idea why you state you get none when clearly you do.