News Of Appeal its taken 11 mths to get

11 Months, 2 Weeks ago i posted that i got my renewal paper work all done and posted i got the NO answer too i had to appeal,
well i got the date now and its for 29th july at 3:40, now i wanted to let you all know who are still waiting for a date that if you have to wai for a date well if the time scale is on par with mine then you might just get a date soon and i hope you do and win.

my problem is fibromyalgia and to be honest i am not having a good time of it at all lately and this is really not helping and i not looking forward to going to my appeal with this continuing nastiness to us people who are ill people i`m not holding out much hope in wining
but i wish you all good luck Jacqui

Hi Jacqui,

Tribunals are independent of the DWP; all tribunal panel members are members of the judiciary appointed by the Dept of Justice.

Presumably, your appeal is for DLA and currently the success rate is around 55% for oral hearings, but drop to just 10% if the appellant requests a paper hearing.

Sadly the length of time that appellants have to wait for an appeal has risen sharply, mainly due to the number of claimants appealing adverse ESA claims.

Tribunals have wide powers on which evidence to accept and which to reject.
Most appeals are won not because of any real new evidence submitted on the day, but on what the appellant tells the Tribunal about their condition.

With DLA, the diagnosis of a particular illness(es) is secondary, the Tribunal bases it's decision on the level of mobility and/or care needs that your condition causes.

Good luck for 29 July.

Best wishes.

Jim