ESA - covering letter with medical evidence

Hello, I will be sending up-to-date medical evidence and need to know what to write in a covering letter that won't compromise my claim.

I am migrating from IB to ESA and completed the form in depth, at least I thought it was, and sent a consultant's letter that stated the diagnosis and that I had an accident and that I was severely disabled and it was permanent. I phoned to ask why this evidence wasn't accepted and why was I being sent for an assessment and I was told it needed to be more up-to-date.

I had seen a consultant but only a couple of days before I needed to post off the ESA50 form so wasn't able to include a more recent consultant letter.

With what I have read regarding ESA I have become paranoid and don't want anything I put to jeopardise my claim.

Can anyone please advise. Thank you.

cochondinde wrote:

Hello, I will be sending up-to-date medical evidence and need to know what to write in a covering letter that won't compromise my claim.

I am migrating from IB to ESA and completed the form in depth, at least I thought it was, and sent a consultant's letter that stated the diagnosis and that I had an accident and that I was severely disabled and it was permanent. I phoned to ask why this evidence wasn't accepted and why was I being sent for an assessment and I was told it needed to be more up-to-date.

I had seen a consultant but only a couple of days before I needed to post off the ESA50 form so wasn't able to include a more recent consultant letter.

With what I have read regarding ESA I have become paranoid and don't want anything I put to jeopardise my claim.

Can anyone please advise. Thank you.

Hi C,

If you have any fresh evidence that you were unable to send with your ESA50, you could send copy of it now, by recorded delivery, to the same address that you returned your ESA50 to, and also to the DWP Decision Maker.

As it seems that you have to attend a face to face assessment, you could also take copy of it to the assessment, to give to the ADA.

bro58

Hi C,

Your covering letter could simply state that you are now providing fresh evidence that you wish to be taken into account in you ESA Assessment, and that you did not have it at the time of returning your ESA50.

bro58

Thank you bro58 for your reply. I live in France and haven't had an appointment yet; only a letter from the International Pension Service saying they are arranging for me to have one by the French authorities. I don't know where to send the DM's copy of my new evidence. Is it the same address on the letter that I received to inform me of my assessment?

When I send this new evidence will my file be looked at again automatically?

What do I write so not to jeopardise my claim?

Thank you.

Thank you bro58.