Page 5 of new esa form

I have tonight started to fill in the ESA form issued to me.

On page 5 am I correct in thinking that if I suffer from a back condition due to an assault as well as depression and anxiety as a subsequence of the assault I enter both the physical and mental details in the box where it asks about your illnesses or disabilities?

Cat wrote: I have tonight started to fill in the ESA form issued to me.

On page 5 am I correct in thinking that if I suffer from a back condition due to an assault as well as depression and anxiety as a subsequence of the assault I enter both the physical and mental details in the box where it asks about your illnesses or disabilities?

Hi C,

The new ESA Reg ammendments state that they will not take into account limitations regarding mental health conditions, if said mental health conditions are only as a result of a physical condition, and vice versa.

Similar with side effects suffered as a result of having to take prescribed medication.

However, my best advice would be, to mention all the limitations that you suffer physical and mental, it is upto ATOS and The ESA DM to correctly interpret the ESA Regs.

As I said to another member recently, "let them pick the bones out of it".

Further, if you have a clinical diagnosis of "depression" and you are receiving medication for this, you should mention this also.

Worse case scenario is they will not take these limitations into account, if you don't mention them in The ESA50, they cannot possibly take them into account.

As an aside, if you have received the new ESA50, ESA50 01/13, have you considered :

Using The PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire

See also :

ESA50 too big for the envelope

&

Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

bro58

bro58 wrote:

Cat wrote: I have tonight started to fill in the ESA form issued to me.

On page 5 am I correct in thinking that if I suffer from a back condition due to an assault as well as depression and anxiety as a subsequence of the assault I enter both the physical and mental details in the box where it asks about your illnesses or disabilities?

Hi C,

The new ESA Reg ammendments state that they will not take into account limitations regarding mental health conditions, if said mental health conditions are only as a result of a physical condition, and vice versa.

Similar with side effects suffered as a result of having to take prescribed medication.

However, my best advice would be, to mention all the limitations that you suffer physical and mental, it is upto ATOS and The ESA DM to correctly interpret the ESA Regs.

As I said to another member recently, "let them pick the bones out of it".

Further, if you have a clinical diagnosis of "depression" and you are receiving medication for this, you should mention this also.

Worse case scenario is they will not take these limitations into account, if you don't mention them in The ESA50, they cannot possibly take them into account.

As an aside, if you have received the new ESA50, ESA50 01/13, have you considered :

Using The PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire

See also :

ESA50 too big for the envelope

&

Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

bro58

Hi C,

It may be stating the obvious, but don't forget to use our : ESA Claims Guides

Cheers.

bro58

Bro 58 Are you saying I can fill the Pdf in online print it off and then send it back instead of the form that DWP sent to me in the first instance?

1. Page 7

Going up or down two steps

I can go up and down two steps but this activity increases and intensifies the pain I experience in my lower back and legs therefore should I tick No, Yes or It Varies ? I know how important it is to tick the right box despite putting an explanation below.






Thanks

Sorry Gordon I don't quite understand you say the activity should be ignored. My question was which box would be appropriate to tick?

Thanks

Cat