ESA65

I have just been looking at my ESA 65 (again) they awarded me 6 points for questionaire and 6 points for medical but no points for medical information from my doctor. My question Don't they request information from your doctor to come to this conclusion?

Thank you

Hi QL

It's not possible to score points for information from your doctor. You score points for the WCA activities as listed in the ESA65/85 and information from your doctor should be taken into consideration as well as the ESA85, before deciding on the points for each activity.

Does your ESA65 have the box ticked to say that they considered evidence from your GP?

Also see the post below.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum?func=vie...id=10&id=61054#61055

Regards

Derek

Derek4 wrote:

Hi QL

It's not possible to score points for information from your doctor. You score points for the WCA activities as listed in the ESA65/85 and information from your doctor should be taken into consideration as well as the ESA85, before deciding on the points for each activity.

Does your ESA65 have the box ticked to say that they considered evidence from your GP?

Also see the post below.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum?func=vie...id=10&id=61054#61055

Regards

Derek

Hi Derek

No the box is not ticked, I would have thought they would have contacted my doctor.

Derek thanks for the link

Regards
QL

They usually do for an initial claim but it seems entirely at the discretion of Atos or DWP whether an IB113 is sent to the GP.

Derek4 wrote:

They usually do for an initial claim but it seems entirely at the discretion of Atos or DWP whether an IB113 is sent to the GP.

Thanks for the info and link

Regards
QL