Error in law

Cheers Gordon, you've been a massive help listening to my grumpy old woman rants and pointing me in the right direction.

Just spotted that the GP has listed Hyperthyroidism instead of Hypothyroidism so need to get that changed and an explanation note.

Gordon wrote:

julesbal wrote: Surprise surprise, DWP have totally ignored all the points I made about his illness and how it affects him and parroted exactly the same rubbish from the forms they've already sent.

Can anyone tell me if side effects of medication can be considered when deciding whether we qualify for benefit?

Cheers.

I assume that you have received the DWP's submission, this would be the same as the MR so you should not be surprised.

Yes, the effects of medication can be taken into account, the effects must be consistent with the medication and you would need to show that the medication was required.

Gordon

Hello again everyone.

Can anyone explain how I show that a medication is required? My brother has a non functioning pituitary gland so can't produce hormones naturally so is given synthetic hormones/steroids. Would this be evidence that they are necessary? Cheers.

Thanks Gordon.

Sorry it took a while, other horrible things to deal with.

Hi, just back from Tribunal, bro got 10pts care and 8pts mobility so standard for both. Still got only 2 points for aids to make a meal even though he'd need 4 different aids! When does that become unreasonable?

Giving him some time for it to sink in and see whether he wants to go to UTT. I think he's got a good chance but it's his decision.

Thanks very much for all the help and support I've received on here, it's been a godsend.