From WRAG to Support Group (ESA)

Hi everyone, I haven't posted for a while but can I just ask something, please. Has any member been removed from the ESA Support Group to the WRAG, gone to appeal and has their Support Group status successfully reinstated?

I was taken out of the Support Group last July after my second annual ATOS medical. I put my appeal papers in in September 2010 and have heard nothing as yet.

I have just found out today, to my horror, that come April 2012, i.e. in less than a year, my ESA will stop, as it is contrubution based. This will be a significant chunk out of our income and will have a huge impact on our lives.

Basically, unless I can get back into the Support Group at appeal, in which case the ESA continues to be paid, that's me stuffed.

So really, I was just wondering if anyone had actually been through this process yet and had a successful outcome, specifically regaining their Support Group status.

Thank you in anticipation of any replies. x

Someone mentioned the criteria for the support group in the guides on here but i cant find them can someone point me in the direction please. Thanks

lild wrote:

Someone mentioned the criteria for the support group in the guides on here but i cant find them can someone point me in the direction please. Thanks

The ESA guides are links on this page:

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa

Pete

Tthanks Pete, I just did the test on here and was in the support group for 3 different probs.

Quick update - my appeal to get my Support Group status back will be heard on 15th August. Been refreshing my memory with the guides from this site today although I'm finding it very difficult to do anything due to the unbearable temperatures - heat and MS do not good bedfellows make! Anyway, wish me luck and I'll let you know how I get on.