I lost my Appeal yesterday

I went for my appeal hearing yesterday and my mum went with me. I suffer from depression, stress, anxiety, post tramatic stress syndrome which caused me to have a panic before the hearing and I was upset during the hearing.
I had a nice judge but the doctor wasn't very nice and he was vermy smugg. I am not happy because he did not take any of my health problems into consideration and al the medical evidence I provided regarding to major surgeries I've had were hardly discussed and he asked me stupid questions which weren't relevant. I am going to appeal aganist this decision and take it higher.
I wanted to know if anyone else has done this and how they went about it. I would welcome advice and information.

Thank you

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I'm sorry that the appeal tribunal did not go in your favour. You can only take this further if you can show that there was an 'Error of Law', not because you disagree with the decision. As a first step, you must send for a 'Statement of Reasons' within 30 days of the tribunal decision. This will probably take some time to arrive You would then have another 30 days in which to get the SOR looked at by an expert, identify any Error of Law and submit a request to appeal to the tribunal service.

Tribunals – Requesting a Statement of Reasons

What is an Error of Law?

We are not able to help much with appeals to the Upper Tier Tribunal, which is why I mentioned finding an expert ot help you. Legal Aid is still available for people appealing to the Upper Tier, depending on your financial circumstances.

Where to get advice?

I'm afraid that you will not receive any further payment on this claim but you can submit a reclaim at any stage (as I'm sure more than 6 months will have passed since the original decision) as long as you still qualify on contributory or finanacial grounds. I suggest that you make full use of our ESA guides if you do reapply.

ESA claims and appeals

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