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Supportive + GP's letter after MR request sent .
- Gordon
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Roidininki wrote: Could a diagnosis from way back , 1997 in fact and comments regarding " risk " provided for DLA purposes count as evidence, to submit to the appeal ?
Only if you can show it to be still relevant.
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it has become so political now. people do not seem to count, just stats. sad.
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- Roidininki
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If the appeal agrees with the decision makers and the appeal is heard before the fit note runs out what happens then , because your doctor has said you're not fit to work ?
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Roidininki wrote: My GP issued me with another fit note today up to the end of September when I explained I had an appeal in progress.
If the appeal agrees with the decision makers and the appeal is heard before the fit note runs out what happens then , because your doctor has said you're not fit to work ?
If the appeal panel upholds a Fit for Work Decision then;
For medical reasons your GP can continue to issue Fit Notes
For benefit purposes; a Fit Note for ESA will only be accepted if it includes a new condition or a deterioration of your existing conditions likely to lead to an award. For JSA you can use a Fit Note to be excused from your Job Search agreement for up to 13 weeks in any 12 month period.
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- Roidininki
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The only other supportive evidence on paper from a psychiatrist as proof of risk to myself and others due to paranoia and psychosis is years old as I have been in remission due to medication .
Looking through the comments in their submission from the MR team to the court they say the GPs supportive letter is what I have stated to the doctor and not due to a medical assessment ,which of course is totally untrue given my previous history over years and the DWP's own knowledge and acceptance of it given their paying me benefits. How can a ESA award in the SG be superseded when the condition remains the same ?
Sorry to still be asking questions about things which don't seem to add up .
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T.he assessor will not have looked at your previous award and then decided whether you are better, worse or the same and then awarded on that basis. Each claim is looked at individually. If you ask how it is possible to get a lower award when your condition is unchanged, the answer is likely to be that the assessor does not agree with the previous decision!
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