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6 years 9 months ago #192851 by mark
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hi my wife was in the support group of esa . she had an assessment and after the nurse told a pack of lies she had her esa taken away six weeks later after a mandatory appeal we still havent heard anything .meanwgile we are trying to claim universal credit and i have received a capability for work form even though i am full time carer for my wife.HELP!
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6 years 9 months ago #192864 by Gordon
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Mark
I'm sorry but it's not clear from your post whether you have had a Decision on the Mandatory Reconsideration or not.
If you are still waiting then I'm afraid that there is little that you can do until they make a Decision,
If you have completed the MR then the ESA Appeal guide has links to the SSCS1 form that you will need to complete and the Submissions guide has a complete example that you can use to help you fill it in, you do not need to provide detailed reasons at this stage for your request.
Once your appeal is accepted the DWP will prepare their submission to the hearing and send you a copy, whilst you should wait until you receive this to finish and submit your own, you should start to prepare your own case, an increased award will only be made by your showing that you score the extra points for one, so I would start by going back through your PIP2, the assessment report and the PIP Claim guide to see how you might show this is the case.
UC claims are always made as a couple, have you indicated that you are unable to work due to illness rather than your Caring responsibilities?
If you have further questions then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.
Gordon
I'm sorry but it's not clear from your post whether you have had a Decision on the Mandatory Reconsideration or not.
If you are still waiting then I'm afraid that there is little that you can do until they make a Decision,
If you have completed the MR then the ESA Appeal guide has links to the SSCS1 form that you will need to complete and the Submissions guide has a complete example that you can use to help you fill it in, you do not need to provide detailed reasons at this stage for your request.
Once your appeal is accepted the DWP will prepare their submission to the hearing and send you a copy, whilst you should wait until you receive this to finish and submit your own, you should start to prepare your own case, an increased award will only be made by your showing that you score the extra points for one, so I would start by going back through your PIP2, the assessment report and the PIP Claim guide to see how you might show this is the case.
UC claims are always made as a couple, have you indicated that you are unable to work due to illness rather than your Caring responsibilities?
If you have further questions then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.
Gordon
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6 years 9 months ago #192887 by mark
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thanks gordon i was retired from work on ill health grounds and i told uc this so they said i needed to supply i sivk note. maybe i should have just told them i was full time carer for my wife unfortunately i dont understand the system
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