Question about ESA50

I am still plugging my way through my ESA50 and the "Picking up and moving things" section has raised a question and I wondered what people thought.

I can pick up and move the items mentioned, one or two pints of milk and also an empty cardboard box so I feel I should be ticking the top box which says "Please tick this box if you can pick things up and move them without difficulty"

If I do tick that box, can I clarify in the space below that picking up and moving heavier things do cause me a problem, full 2 litre bottles, full kettle (1.7litres)etc.....I can struggle with, should I state this or there no point?

I am really worried they won't score me enough points, physically I feel I should get 24 points but whether they will agree or not remains to be seen. I still worried about this business of physical symptoms being caused by physical conditions and mental symptoms only being caused by mental conditions, I have two chronic physical conditions but I feel I should score under some of the mental points two, my awareness of hazard for example is compromised by one of my physical conditions.

Sorry for droning on!!!

Hi smc

A very recent Upper Tribunal decision suggests that you can score points in the WCA for mental health due to an underlying physical problem.

He emphasised that Part 1 of Schedule 2 is headed “Physical disablement”, which points to the underlying cause of the effect on physical function. In contrast, Part 2 of the Schedule is headed “Mental, cognitive and intellectual function assessment”, which points to the nature of the function affected, regardless of the underlying cause. There is no general restriction of the mental function descriptors to incapacity arising from a mental illness or disablement.

www.disabilityalliance.org/newdecisions.htm (scroll down to CE/1222/2010)

Good luck

Derek

Gordon, I guess I hadn't thought of picking up these items repeatedly, I guess because we don't really do we?

Thanks for link Derek, just hope that filters through to the assessors.

I am just so stressed about this form and stress makes my conditions worse, think having had to go through two appeals before I know too much what I might yet have to go through, plus I will have to go through it alone as CAB and WR both let me down at my previous appeals.