Not appealing LCW to do a part-time course

Hello All

I was on IB for the last decade, then to ESA. I already have LCW under article 29 exceptional circs (PTSD from being attacked at work), for the next 18 months. I met a solicitor who is keen to challenge it for the Art 35 exceptional circs. The assessment was dreadful. The report was abysmal. I have complaints lodged with the DWP and the CDHA currently.

But I want to try to undertake a part-time masters course one day a week from next Sept for 2 years. I might fail. I hope I won't. I get the impression that the uni will help me and give me a lot of support.

From the very swift answer I just got (thank you Gordon), I can see that being an Article 35 exceptional circs might rule out this course.

Instead of appealing the decision, could I appeal the time-frame and ask for it to be extended to recognise the variability of my condtion and the very slow progress I'm bound to make towards some kind of work, if I try this masters? I do need to retrain. After over a decade, it's obvious that I can't take up my former profession, as that will make me even sicker.

I hope that the work coach would be amenable. I'm torn between hoping for a brighter future, being gutted at how badly the assessment was done, and being very scared if the pressure of the appeal makes my PTSD and other inflammatory diseases flare, what i will do then?

Any advice much appreciated.

Thank you