ESA supporting evidence - where best to send

I think the ESA medical form or the literature that comes with it suggests sending in any supporting evidence to your local benefit office dealing with the claim. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether it's better to do this or to bring it along to the medical.

I've already sent the form off and have a medical date.

do both just to be on the safe side. make sure the person doing the medical reads your copy even if they say they have read it.

keddi wrote:

I think the ESA medical form or the literature that comes with it suggests sending in any supporting evidence to your local benefit office dealing with the claim. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether it's better to do this or to bring it along to the medical.

I've already sent the form off and have a medical date.

As you have already completed the ESA50 and have a date for your medical, you should send any further supporting to the DWP.

Insofar as Atos are concerned who conduct the medical assessments, they actively discourage claimants from presenting any (further) supporting evidence either with the ESA50 or to the disability analyst. Accordingly, the disability analyst may refuse to take notice of the evidence. Unfortunately you cannot compel the DA to accept the evidence, but if you need to appeal any resulting ESA adverse decision, you can if you wish make this an issue before the appeal tribunal if you feel that it hasn't been taken into account and has had a material effect on the outcome decision.

keddi wrote:

I think the ESA medical form or the literature that comes with it suggests sending in any supporting evidence to your local benefit office dealing with the claim. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether it's better to do this or to bring it along to the medical.

I've already sent the form off and have a medical date.

Send it to everyone give your doctor a copy too, and next time use paper the same size as the form with wide sellotape and add stuff as extra pages as well as enclosing copies in the envelope too