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Question about Supporting Evidence for ESA
12 years 2 months ago - 12 years 2 months ago #96462 by bro58
Hi sd,
In an ideal situation any medical evidence that you may be providing should be as current as possible.
Preferably, no older than 12 months old. However, if you have a 2 year old in depth report that is still pertinent to your current conditions and resulting limitations, you should state as much and, Yes, I would use the report. Besides anything else, it may help to show that you suffer from chronic, longstanding, progressive conditions. (if that is the case)
You also state that you are providing current evidence, which is a positive.
bro58
Phew that's just taken me around 19 mins to post.
Replied by bro58 on topic Question about Supporting Evidence for ESA
stokie dave wrote: i am in the same situation and at present i have got a letter from my son as a non medical support letter, and my doctor has asked his secretary to prepare a report for me, and i seen my psychiatrist today who said he would have one prepared and posted in 2/3 days, so hopefuly i am prepared well enough. but i need to know if i can use an old medical report that was done for me some 2 years ago and it was to take to my dla appeal and was prepared by the cab it is a verry thourough and indepth report and i believe it wone me my appeal but as i say it is 2 years old but i does focus alot on my mental health and things i cant do like go out alone etc. i thought it may help them to see i have a long term illness which is still the same now as it was then if not worse.
Hi sd,
In an ideal situation any medical evidence that you may be providing should be as current as possible.
Preferably, no older than 12 months old. However, if you have a 2 year old in depth report that is still pertinent to your current conditions and resulting limitations, you should state as much and, Yes, I would use the report. Besides anything else, it may help to show that you suffer from chronic, longstanding, progressive conditions. (if that is the case)
You also state that you are providing current evidence, which is a positive.
bro58
Phew that's just taken me around 19 mins to post.
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