Esa

Chris

The first thing to do is to request a copy of the assessment report by contacting the DWP office dealing with your claim.

The Decision Letter will have the Decision Makers Statement of Reasons included, have you received this yet?

It's not always about supplying more evidence, your starting point needs to be whether you have adequately shown how you meet the criteria for an award, so I would start by going back through your claim form with our Claim guide to make sure that you have done this, remember you need to be able to complete the PIP activities reliably and on the majority of days.

I would speak to your Physio again, now that a Decision has been made, the DWP will not source any additional information.

Although you been told the 9 July, make sure that any response yo make is with the DWP well before this date as it can easily take a week for information to get through to the right person.

Gordon

Chris m wrote: Hi Thanks Gordon i have the medical report form,bu not theDecision Makers Statement of Reasons. Is it likely that i will go through the appeal process and how is this started.?

So it is likely that your phone call has been treated as a request for a Mandatory Reconsideration, although I would still send them a letter confirming this, there is a template letter in the MR & Appeals guide in the ESA section.

Revision rates at MR are low but they do happen, it will most likely depend whether you can show a fundamental misunderstanding of your problems in the assessment report.

If the MR fails then you do have the option of making an appeal.

Gordon

Chris m wrote: Hello Gordan havng trouble finding the template letter in the MR & Appeals guide in the ESA section ?

It's in the Employment and Support Allowance Mandatory Reconsideration And Appeal Submissions link under ESA Appeals.

Gordon