asking to look again at a decision re:ESA

ian.bathgate

After 7 weeks of my esa50 form having to be back at atos re: my migration from ib to esa ,have had my result.
have been put in contribution wrag without the need of a medical,
before going down the appeal route am going to ask for a reconsideration
was wondering what other peoples experiences of doing this have been and how they went about it i.e. new evidence etc
have an appointment with my local cab monday who are going to help me
many thanks

rogerblack

Your first step (tomorrow) is to phone the DWP, and ask for a 'written statement of reasons' - _and_ the medical report.
These are different documents - the first is a more full explanation of the reasons the decision was made.
The second is the medical evidence that was used.

Muttleythefrog

If you aren't aware, DWP will automatically reconsider if you did appeal... unless they've already done a reconsideration. Asking for reconsideration may only give an advantage of buying you time.. but the process runs so slowly anyway. As per Roger you'll need ideally to get hold of the evidence in play and the SOR... the evidence should include ESA85A which is ATOS' advice to the DWP regarding the WCA (they would have instead sent a full medical report ESA85 if you had had a face to face medical). If I were you I'd seek supporting medical evidence if you can. You obviously think Support Group is the applicable group... presumably you know on what grounds... and therefore can get some really targeted evidence if you have a helpful healthcare professional involved in your situation. CAB may or may not prove useful to you... can be hit and miss.