esa assesment

Melanie wrote:

its just that i had my assesment 2 weeks ago i had my letter telling me wrag i asked for a copy of the assesment the doctor stated watched me walk 10 meters to his room with difficulty and breathless but then put i could walk 200meters but never asked me one question on walking.

I am not suggesting that the opinion is justified, but ATOS will have accurately measured distance to the examination room, they will have counted the time it took you to get there, and will then extrapolate your speed, from this they will have a reasonable understanding of how your walking is effected and the potential distance you can walk.

The important thing to understand is that this is just an opinion, not a fact, and therefore it is something you can disagree with.

You might want to have a look in the DLA section, there's a guide in there "DLA - Giving pursusive evidence about how far you can walk" which might help.

Remember, the ESA test is not walking, it is mobilising which can include the use of a wheelchair, irrelevany of whether you use or even own one.

Gordon