Is it wrth submitting old medical evidence?

Vivacia wrote:

Hi there,
I'm got an appeal coming up next Monday and I'm worried about the quality of the medical report my doctor has provided. He has referred to a letter he asked me to send him and said he agrees with what I have said and supports my application, but not actually described my problems himself.

I was wondering if it is worth submitting a doctors report from a previous appeal or old specialist letters to further support the evidence? Or is it all irrelevant now?

Thanks
Jen

You don't say whether you have submitted these as evidence to the Tribunal Service yet, if you have, the following may be moot.

The primary issue with the doctors letter you refer to, is that the Tribunal may assume that the words are not your GPs, and therefore carry no weight.

The other reports, although older, may support what is in the GPs letters, in which case this may not be an issue. Conversely they may not.

Ultimately, we cannot advise you whether you should or should not add these reports to your evidence, if you have an advisor they may be able to help, otherwise, this is a decision you must make yourself.

Gordon