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11 years 4 months ago - 11 years 4 months ago #95314 by MariW

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Does a claimant meet a descriptor only if he/she ticks a 15-point box and this self-assessment is accepted? Or are there other ways of meeting a particular descriptor? I know two young people with inflammatory bowel disease. I don’t think they could tick a 15-point box on any section of the ESA50 but they are seriously unwell and need to be in the SG until their conditions stabilise.

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11 years 4 months ago #95318 by Gordon

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MariW wrote:

Does a claimant meet a descriptor only if he/she ticks a 15-point box and this self-assessment is accepted? Or are there other ways of meeting a particular descriptor? I know two young people with inflammatory bowel disease. I don’t think they could tick a 15-point box on any section of the ESA50 but they are seriously unwell and need to be in the SG until their conditions stabilise.

Each of the the WRAG descriptors is divided into sub-descriptors, each with a differening level of capacity and an associated score.

You qualify for the WRAG by scoring a total of 15 points or more, only the highest scoring sub-descriptor from each descriptor is taken into account.

So you can qualify by scoring 15 points from one descriptor, 9 points from one and 6 from another, 6 points from 3 different descriptors, etc.

I hope this explains it better.

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11 years 4 months ago #95324 by MariW

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I know that a claimant can get into WRAG by totalling 15 points. That’s not what I meant.

As I understand it, a claimant is placed in the Support Group rather than WRAG by meeting descriptors not according to the number of pointed scored. To meet any one descriptor does a claimant have to tick the highest scoring 15-point box? Are there other means of meeting a descriptor?

The people I know will certainly total 15 points but they might not tick the highest scoring response to the questions relevant to their conditions.

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11 years 4 months ago #95331 by slugsta

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There are specific Support Group descriptors that must be met. Some of these are, indeed, those that score 15 points in a category - but not all categories qualify for the Support Group. You will find more information here

Qualifying for the Support Group

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11 years 4 months ago - 11 years 4 months ago #95334 by MariW

Replied by MariW on topic Re:ESA50: Meeting a descriptor

Thanks Mrs HB! :cheer:

I’d hoped that a claimant might qualify for Support Group having totalled 15 or more points across the ESA50 form but without having to score 15 points on one descriptor. The information here suggests that two seriously ill people will be allocated to WRAG. This would be pointless. If/when their conditions stabilise they’ll both go back into education!

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11 years 4 months ago - 11 years 4 months ago #95341 by Gordon

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MariW wrote:

Thanks Mrs HB!

I’d hoped that a claimant might qualify for Support Group having totalled 15 or more points across the ESA50 form but without having to score 15 points on one descriptor. The information here suggests that two seriously ill people will be allocated to WRAG. This would be pointless. If/when their conditions stabilise they’ll both go back into education!

I once totalled it up and if I remember correctly, a claimant could legally score over 200 points and still not be placed in the Support Group.

The example you quote, simply qualifies a claimant for the WRAG.

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