MS and DLA Appeal Tribunal

joydivisionforever

I have prim prog ms and have an electric wheel chair to use at work,this through dept of work/pensions.I am waiting for an appeal date in the new year,having had my initial application rejected.
I was wondering is it worth going to the the appeal,what do you thing my chances of success would be.
If anyone has any tips I would be grateful of any help ,I have been in touch with the cab.
thanks for your help

sunnyone

joydivisionforever wrote: »

I have prim prog ms and have an electric wheel chair to use at work,this through dept of work/pensions.I am waiting for an appeal date in the new year,having had my initial application rejected.
I was wondering is it worth going to the the appeal,what do you thing my chances of success would be.
If anyone has any tips I would be grateful of any help ,I have been in touch with the cab.
thanks for your help

What are your care and mobility needs?

rogerblack

joydivisionforever wrote: »

I have prim prog ms and have an electric wheel chair to use at work,this through dept of work/pensions.I am waiting for an appeal date in the new year,having had my initial application rejected.

As the other poster said - what are your needs.
However.
Lots more people succeed at appeal if they turn up - so if the money would help you more than the process is going to stress you, then yes, turn up.

If you just have a wheelchair at work, and not at home, this may mean that you need to demonstrate more why your mobility needs qualify.
Getting medical evidence on your condition and mobility may be useful.
Similarly for care needs - diary may help.

colin13

as a fellow primary progressive ms er,,deffo follow up the appeal,,u are usuing an electric wheel chair so yyou have mobility needs,,and as a person withsame illness you will have care needs as well,,do not give up,,this is just people in offices knocking peeople back first time to c wwhaat thety do,,and then government save money

sunnyone

colin13 wrote: »

as a fellow primary progressive ms er,,deffo follow up the appeal,,u are usuing an electric wheel chair so yyou have mobility needs,,and as a person withsame illness you will have care needs as well,,do not give up,,this is just people in offices knocking peeople back first time to c wwhaat thety do,,and then government save money

He uses an electric wheelchair at work only and they have not claimed to have any care or mobility needs here yet so you can not decide in your own mind that they are entitled to DLA just because they have the same illness as the majority of other people with MS.

Progressive means just that, it gets worse over time (though its not progressive in the way many people would assume) so that not everyone is at the same stage of the illness.

rogerblack

sunnyone wrote: »

He uses an electric wheelchair at work only and they have not claimed to have any care or mobility needs

I diddn't realise most workplaces handed out electric wheelchairs like smarties.
Clearly I'm not in touch with the world of work.
Thank goodness I have a 'Work Focussed Interview' on Friday.

I wonder what other disability aids for disabilities I don't have I can get at work.

joydivisionforever

Mr Black

All done through a very helpful occ therapaist,dont know if you have ms if you do you might understand mobility issues,not given out like smarties I might add where I am !

foreign_correspondent

sunnyone wrote: »

He uses an electric wheelchair at work only and they have not claimed to have any care or mobility needs here yet so you can not decide in your own mind that they are entitled to DLA just because they have the same illness as the majority of other people with MS.

Progressive means just that, it gets worse over time (though its not progressive in the way many people would assume) so that not everyone is at the same stage of the illness.

Primary progressive means the patient has no periods of feeling 'well; unlike those with relapsing remitting MS (the most common kind) - I would assume that needing an electric wheelchair at work is due to mobility needs.

OP, I would appeal, but it may be worth seeking support, maybe from your MS nurse, to do so.

bored_at_home

sunnyone nobody would use an electric wheelchair just for fun so they obviously do have mobility needs.
regardless of if its just for at work or not they obviously need it to have been given one.

Mupette

I'm a RRMS.

I would say yes appeal, Your not going to be cured in the next 6 months, my ATOS report said i would be fit for work in 6 months, and here i am struggling out of a relapse oh the joy. (although it was for esa)

OP what care and mobility needs do you have? If your claim was none just that you need your electric wheelchair at work then i can see how you failed.

we need a bit more info on whats going on

(yes i am on dla, high rate mobility and medium care)

sunnyone

The Op has supplied virtually no information at all apart from that they were turned down for DLA and uses an electric wheelchair at work only, many people use mobility aids in certain situations and that dosnt mean that they are entitled to DLA because to be awarded HRMC you must fulfil a full set of criteria and not just get tired if your on your feet for a while.

As I asked in the second post on this thread, Op what are your care and mobility needs.