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7 years 5 months ago - 7 years 5 months ago #172698 by slugsta
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Hi Susan and welcome to the forum. This link should help you find your way around Welcome to Benefits and Work
I'm sorry that your ESA claim was refused
You will not be paid any ESA during the MR stage so, if you need money to live on, the only benefit open to you is JSA. Your own belief that you are unfit for work has been over-ruled by the ESA decision so you can apply with a clear conscience. Don't put many exclusions on what you could do at this stage. Once your claim is accepted you can then submit a new fitnote for up to 13 weeks and this should excuse you from any job seeking activities.
If you do not need the money in the short term you should continue to keep fitnotes up to date and put them to one side, then you can give them to DWP if this goes as far as appeal (your ESA can be restarted at the basic rate once DWP have been informed that the Tribunal Service has accepted your appeal).
It would be very helpful to get a copy of the assessor's report from DWP. It would be an ESA85 if you had a face2face assessment and an ESA85a otherwise.
Tjhe criteria under which you are being assessed and the MR process are explained in detail in our ESA guide, I suggest you have a good look at that and then come back with further questions
ESA claims and appeals
May I suggest that you bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future? This will allow us to return with further questions or comments about your ESA without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one topic - and I hope you will find it useful too
I'm sorry that your ESA claim was refused
You will not be paid any ESA during the MR stage so, if you need money to live on, the only benefit open to you is JSA. Your own belief that you are unfit for work has been over-ruled by the ESA decision so you can apply with a clear conscience. Don't put many exclusions on what you could do at this stage. Once your claim is accepted you can then submit a new fitnote for up to 13 weeks and this should excuse you from any job seeking activities.
If you do not need the money in the short term you should continue to keep fitnotes up to date and put them to one side, then you can give them to DWP if this goes as far as appeal (your ESA can be restarted at the basic rate once DWP have been informed that the Tribunal Service has accepted your appeal).
It would be very helpful to get a copy of the assessor's report from DWP. It would be an ESA85 if you had a face2face assessment and an ESA85a otherwise.
Tjhe criteria under which you are being assessed and the MR process are explained in detail in our ESA guide, I suggest you have a good look at that and then come back with further questions
ESA claims and appeals
May I suggest that you bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future? This will allow us to return with further questions or comments about your ESA without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one topic - and I hope you will find it useful too
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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