atos assessor and the decision-maker

Hello,
I was told at my re-assessment
that medical diagnosis was not important for the purposes of the re-assessment.
Then , question... are diagnoses important for decision-makers? I assume that they
are/may be...otherwise why are poeple,
such as myself , asked to include supporting documents/letters from medics. when appealing a decision? And, finally ,
if medical conditions are not important for medical! assessments, why are they
called medical assessments.

Stephano

They are and they aren't, sorry if I an confusing you

They are not, in the sense that with the possible exception of cancer, you cannot correlate a particular illness or disability with scoring points.

However, they are because having a diagnosis, allows the ATOS "doctor" to confirm that your statements regarding your limitations are reasonable.

To take a trivial example of a broken leg. Having a broken leg would not result in your scoring points for the mobilising test, however, if I state I could not walk 200m, then having a broken leg would be a good reason why I could not and a lot better than if I offer no reason for the limitation.

And before everybody jumps on this, I have deliberately ignored the wheelchair for the sake of simplicity.

Hope this explains it.

Gordon

Thanks you,
if capabilities and limitations are determined by the day to day effects of medical conditions, then shouldn't they be given more weight , and time , during a re-assessment. My point goes to cause of limitation and capability .