relevant medical evidence

cochondinde

I remember your post from yesterday, so apologies that it and the replies were lost.

No, it is not the law that you can only supply information that is less than 12 months old.

You are entitled to submit whatever evidence you believe is relevant to your case, however, whilst the DWP Decision Maker must review all of the evidence presented, they are free to choose what evidence they will use to make their Decision and the weight they will assign to it. For the majority of claimants this means that there is no advantage in submitting evidence that is older than 12 months, however, there are exceptions to this.

For example, if a claimant has suffered from a condition for more than 12 months it can be advantageous to include details of the original prognosis. If a claimant has a condition that is not liable to improve or is even likely to deteriorate, it would again be reasonable to include evidence that is more than 12 months old, especially as claimants in this situation are often "parked" by the NHS and may not have seen a consultant for some time.

I hope this explains it.

Gordon

Pusscatsmum

Have you spoken to your GP about this issue? It may be possible to re-engage with your consultants for an update on your condition.

Failing that, you need to look at showing (a) that you condition remains the same or has deteriorated since the medical reports were produced, and (b) that the impact of your condition has not depreciated as a result of your learning to live with it, an example of this would be someone who had learned to use their other hand after the loss of their originally favoured one.

Again, this is the sort of thing that your GP should be able to help with.

Gordon