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11 years 3 months ago - 11 years 3 months ago #95688 by fighterpilot
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Hi all, i made a new claim for ESA after losing my first appeal. Being disallowed ESA and appealing took 11 months in total,so i discovered from someone on this forum that i could claim anew as 6 months had elapsed since my first claim. New claim was dated 11th October, so i have now been claiming for 8 weeks. 2 weeks ago, when my claim was 6 weeks old, i was contacted by the Social Security and asked if i could come for a medical assessment. I wasn't able to go on the date they offered so they advised me that they would call back. Should i not be entitled to claim for at least 13 weeks before i have to attend an assessment/medical? Any help gratefully received. Thank you.
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11 years 3 months ago #95692 by Gordon
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fighterpilot wrote:

Hi all, i made a new claim for ESA after losing my first appeal. Being disallowed ESA and appealing took 11 months in total,so i discovered from someone on this forum that i could claim anew as 6 months had elapsed since my first claim. New claim was dated 11th October, so i have now been claiming for 8 weeks. 2 weeks ago, when my claim was 6 weeks old, i was contacted by the Social Security and asked if i could come for a medical assessment. I wasn't able to go on the date they offered so they advised me that they would call back. Should i not be entitled to claim for at least 13 weeks before i have to attend an assessment/medical? Any help gratefully received. Thank you.

No, I am afraid you have mis-interpreted the 13 week assessment period for a new claim for ESA.

The intention of the period is encompass the the intitial application, despatch, completion and return of the ESA50, and any face to face assessment that is required leading to a Decision at the end of week 13.

The DWP are not required to meet this timescale, and certainly recent performance suggests that they are missing it on a regular basis.

I hope this explains it.

Gordon

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