medical when appealing

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could answer this question. I am currently appealing to be moved from the WRAG to the support group (I have been on IB for 14 years) and as I will be reviewed again sometime over the next few months is there a chance that I could end up having another (as I had one in January after sending off my ESA50) medical when I haven't even had my tribunal yet? Many thanks.

Indeed Rosie, with appeals taking so long to be heard people are being reassessed before they know the outcome of their appeal. In these cases the appeal decision will run until the time of the new decision (if that makes sense?).

Hi Mrs H, I know I sound a bit dumb but could you explain
what you mean by the appeal decision running until the
time of the new decision? Thanks.

Thanks for that, Gordon.

It should be noted that if the second decision following reassessment is not to your satisfaction, you would have to lodge a subsequent appeal against that decision.

This is an anomaly which was brought about by the introduction of the Social Security Act 1998, and with ESA appeals currently taking an inordinate amount of time with the distinct prospect of further reassessments before the appeal is heard, this could result in an extremely complicated succession of decisions followed by appeals.

Unfortunately for claimants/appellants, this absurd situation brought about by the ill-conceived perception of ESA, could inevitably lead to an unending and stressful state of affairs without a satisfactory resolution.