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Removal of my sisters ESA.
7 years 1 month ago #182966 by Megan
Removal of my sisters ESA. was created by Megan
Hello! My names Megan 
and I am hoping for some advice with my mum and sisters situation.
My older sister was born with Learning disabilities and neurofibromotosis and was on incapacity benefits up until it changed to ESA where each year they have attempted to cut these benefits and I'm becoming very worried for my sister and mum (who doesn't handle stress well)
I'm writing this post on behalf of my mother, who is not very tech savvy and struggles to understand a lot that is going on with this system and comes to me for help, but I know even less
Basically, they have assessed my sister as only receiving 6 points on the assessment questionnaire thing. (Sorry if my terminology isn't correct) which is far from accurate. So my mother is going to contest it, but she needs my help to write the appeal letter, I am informed on the condition of my sister, what she is capable of and what she isn't so I believe she should be awarded around 18 points.
We have her previous tribunal results when they last removed her ESA in 2013, where they re-assessed her and awarded her the 18 points we believe she functions at.
In her recent medical result findings, my mother has noted one or two discrepancys that don't match my sisters capabilities. They believe her to be able to find a job and go to interviews however they don't seem to account for the fact that it was Mencap who helped find the employment and had to take her two and from her shifts and shadow her for the first month as she does struggle with things like until she is familiar.
Sorry if I'm waffling about things that may not be relevant.
What I'm asking for is advice on how we approach this? And what we need to write in this appeal. We are planning to visit the citizen advice bureau a swell for help. I'm just really worried, mostly for my mum as she has only received this letter this week and has barely eaten the last two days because of the stress, so I really want to lessen the burden and help anyway I can.
If there's anything else you need to know, please ask, I have no idea what I should be including.
Thank you!
and I am hoping for some advice with my mum and sisters situation.My older sister was born with Learning disabilities and neurofibromotosis and was on incapacity benefits up until it changed to ESA where each year they have attempted to cut these benefits and I'm becoming very worried for my sister and mum (who doesn't handle stress well)
I'm writing this post on behalf of my mother, who is not very tech savvy and struggles to understand a lot that is going on with this system and comes to me for help, but I know even less
Basically, they have assessed my sister as only receiving 6 points on the assessment questionnaire thing. (Sorry if my terminology isn't correct) which is far from accurate. So my mother is going to contest it, but she needs my help to write the appeal letter, I am informed on the condition of my sister, what she is capable of and what she isn't so I believe she should be awarded around 18 points.
We have her previous tribunal results when they last removed her ESA in 2013, where they re-assessed her and awarded her the 18 points we believe she functions at.
In her recent medical result findings, my mother has noted one or two discrepancys that don't match my sisters capabilities. They believe her to be able to find a job and go to interviews however they don't seem to account for the fact that it was Mencap who helped find the employment and had to take her two and from her shifts and shadow her for the first month as she does struggle with things like until she is familiar.
Sorry if I'm waffling about things that may not be relevant.
What I'm asking for is advice on how we approach this? And what we need to write in this appeal. We are planning to visit the citizen advice bureau a swell for help. I'm just really worried, mostly for my mum as she has only received this letter this week and has barely eaten the last two days because of the stress, so I really want to lessen the burden and help anyway I can.
If there's anything else you need to know, please ask, I have no idea what I should be including.
Thank you!
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