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I have been signed off ESA but no one from the DWP could be bothered to tell me
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No, its because 'special' people like Mr Nashly talk !!!!, and that gets on my tits.That's only because you want to be a tit.
Its also because I have had to deal with idiots like him for a long long time and I am more than a little tired of it.
The state cant afford to support every !!!!!! who has a cold and wants benefit for it.0 -
Ummmm Mrs Nashley post sounds a bit Andy n Flo ???I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. When it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
When the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.0 -
No, its because 'special' people like Mr Nashly talk !!!!, and that gets on my tits.
Its also because I have had to deal with idiots like him for a long long time and I am more than a little tired of it.
The state cant afford to support every !!!!!! who has a cold and wants benefit for it.
i couldn't even be bothered wasting my time replying to Arg's "charming" posts to me, clearly another waster, he was reported.....probably why the posts have now gone0 -
A resident troll who posted persistently about ESA. He faked his own suicide and got his wife or daughter to post his demise. I might be wrong but I thought Mrs Nashley had a tinge of Andy.I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. When it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
When the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.0 -
I am Mrs Nashly and I very rarely get involved in Mr Nashlys postings but having read some of the things on here..... I am horrified by some of the responses, I agree entirely with the poster who says "why does everyone have to argue" I would also ask why do some people think those who claim benefits are somehow cheating or manipulating the system? Should my husband be signed off ESA (contributions based) No absolutely not, he can barely walk at times and is desperate for a knee replacement. Should he appeal the ESA decision and take it to tribunal? of course he should, but he won't because he wants and needs to work and quite frankly we have enough battles going on elsewhere to put ourselves through it. In case anyone cares the battle is with his previous employer who decided that they didn't care to honour the terms of his working contract and pay for his sick leave whilst waiting for his knee to be sorted out. Before anyone posts that that is not allowed - we know hence the legal battle. I suspect that this battle is not one that would be faced by those who work within the civil service.
Back to the point of his original post.
He attended a medical over 2 months ago. He telephoned several times to find out the results without success. He received a letter on 11th May dated the 9th, this letter did not say ESA had been stopped it was for something else. He rang and was told verbally ESA stopped 4th May. Appointment made for 13th May (earliest available) to see an advisor. JSA claimed and claim made to backdate to the 4th. Backdate claim refused as did not qualify the market conditions as looking for work. He could not qualify as as far as he was concerned he was on ESA, he had not been told that it was going to be or had stopped. It is being appealed but the point is, it is a complete waste of time, stress and tax payers money as the person making the decision should have looked at the facts. He was not told of the decision within a timeframe enabling him to satsify market conditions. To the poster who feels 6 days is reasonable, I say when you find yourself and I truly hope you don't, in the position of being told £102 a week is the amount needed for 2 adults to live on you will find 6 days loss of benefit through no fault of your own an unacceptable delay.
There is enough nastiness in the world without the lack of compassion I see in people, the rules may say you don't have to be told but the rules need changing, and again before anyone says write to your MP, done it many times over many issues.
He would have been better formally appealing the original decision, denying him the right to ESA, which would have meant he would have remained on the ESA assessment amount until the appeal was heard.
He has a month to appeal, from the date of the decision letter, so he did have time to appeal.
These medicals are causing a certain amount of chaos (and mainly because of ATOS incompetence, not DWP workers lacking a brain!), but for those who persevere through the corract appeals process, many adverse decisions are getting reconsidered and overturned successfully.:T
It does take time because of the appeal backlogs and lack of trained DWP staff to process things quickly.
However, things are gradually changing, especially with all the input from Prof Harrington and the goverment committee reviews, and hopefully, at some point this whole ESA process will become much more straightforward, cost effective, and efficient.
I would say, though, that being unable to walk is not necessarily something that would provide entitlement to ESA, it would also depend on functionality and any other medical problems he has.
Lin
You can tell a lot about a woman by her hands..........for instance, if they are placed around your throat, she's probably slightly upset.
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No, its because 'special' people like Mr Nashly talk !!!!, and that gets on my tits.
Its also because I have had to deal with idiots like him for a long long time and I am more than a little tired of it.
The state cant afford to support every !!!!!! who has a cold and wants benefit for it.
Clearly see your a desk worker.0 -
Do you know nashly, after reading your wife's post i actually started to feel for you, sounded like maybe you had had a bit of a raw deal, but now after getting your wife to defend you , you come back on here and you are still rude to posters who may say something that you don't like.
Unbelievable!0 -
Clearly see your a desk worker.
Yes I can see how what i posted could be read and I'm sorry about that its just frustration that we are being kicked and penalised at every turn through no fault of our own we do everything by the rules and always have.
I meant that desk workers can rarely see the physical strain of manual labour and the toll it takes on your body over the years.
Re Molly41 absolutely no trolling and definitely not andy and flo just some people who are having a very tough time not being helped by most of the people we have been dealing with at the DWP.
On the plus side i have today received an unsigned and un named letter from Job centre plus saying the decision has been reconsidered and they are paying the backdated claim.
I am not claiming benefit for a whim it is hopefully a temporary thing until my knee is fixed and i can get back to work, unfortunately there are not many employers who wish to employ a builder with a dodgy knee waiting for an operation.0
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