Benefit payment

I have been told that I am no longer entitled to ESA following an atos assesment. I have hadd my ESA stopped and have been told to recieve any payment I have to have a Doctorsa note is this correct?.
Colin

colin wrote:

I have been told that I am no longer entitled to ESA following an atos assesment. I have hadd my ESA stopped and have been told to recieve any payment I have to have a Doctorsa note is this correct?.
Colin

HI C,

As it appears that you are new to the forum, it may help if you read :

Welcome to Benefits and Work

You can access out FAQ’s in the yellow Spotlight Area, at the top above the forum, from here :

FAQ’s

You can search the forums for previously posted topics from here :

Searching The Forum

To see potential sources of face to face advice, and representation, see :

Where to get advice?

You can access our recently updated ESA Appeals Guides Jan 2012 from :

ESA Guides

As you have been found "fit for work" you can either sign on for JSA, or appeal the decision.

You have 1 month to appeal the decision from the date of the "fit for work" decision letter, using a GL24, which can be downloaded from the link on this page :

How to submit an appeal

You will also need to obtain a sick note/fit note from your G.P. to cover you from the date of your disallowance of ESA.

Once you have sent in the GL24, and the sick note, you will be entitled to the Assessment Rate of ESA either until the adverse decision is changed in your favour at the automatic reconsideration stage, or if not then right up until the date of the Tribunal's decision.

You will not have to pay back any of this Assessment Rate ESA, no matter what the outcome.

Please see also :

How long do I have to appeal?

Is there any risk to challenging a decision?

How long to hear an appeal?

Do I have to attend WFIs while I appeal?

ESA medical – what forms to ask for?

ESA Forms

Qualifying for the WRAG

Qualifying for the Support Group

All the above information and much more is available in the FAQ's.

Please come back to the forum, here on this thread, if you have any further questions after reading the above.

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