esa tribunal won !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dumbo17

NEVER POSTED ON HERE BEFORE .just wanted to share my news with somebody ,after going through the hell of the esa system and waiting for my tribunal date yesterday was the day .well what can I say I was in a terrible state sat in front of the judge and a doctor the questions started and before I new it that was it all over I have been put in to the support group .I kept it simple straight to the point ,I was my self no false front .I thought its up to them take me how I am shaking with pain crying my eyes out less than 5 mins it was all over .sorry for the spelling and grammer
good luck to everybody :T

maggieann2luke

Congratulations Dumbo17. Well done!!!!!!

tokenfield

dumbo17 wrote: »

NEVER POSTED ON HERE BEFORE .just wanted to share my news with somebody ,after going through the hell of the esa system and waiting for my tribunal date yesterday was the day .well what can I say I was in a terrible state sat in front of the judge and a doctor the questions started and before I new it that was it all over I have been put in to the support group .I kept it simple straight to the point ,I was my self no false front .I thought its up to them take me how I am shaking with pain crying my eyes out less than 5 mins it was all over .sorry for the spelling and grammer
good luck to everybody :T

I have only been to a Tribunal once. It wasn't for me but for my disabled wife. She couldn't attend as she was in bed poorly so I turned up. I asked for an adjournment which they refused so I asked them why it was OK for them to 'tell' my wife on two previous occasions that the hearing wasn't going ahead because of (a) there was too much snow on the road and one of the panel couldn't get there (b) one of the panel was ill? They refused to answer telling me 'it was going ahead now!'

Anyhow, I answered many questions some silly some down right stupid, but hey, then we got onto medication. They asked how she coped with pain that her meds didn't help??? So I told them the truth - I medicate her with my meds (Morphine MST & Oramorph).
I was told to leave the room in no uncertain terms. 5 mins later they had me back and told me that I was dealing drugs and that they intended to report me to the police and advise my GP what was happening.

It went downhill after that and walked out eventually.

To say the least they denied her any award!!!

Since then if I wasn't awarded a benefit I refused to appeal - they are very much one sided and appear to believe the DWP over the claimant.