4 years on ESA and now I scored 0 !

ok I had a car accident in 2010 and have been on ESA ever since. I attended a medical 2 weeks ago and got a phone call yesterday to say I scored 0 and my ESA was being taken away. Today I phoned the DWP to get them to do the Mandatory reassessment thing.

They seem to have ignored everything I put in my questionaire. Here are my medical problems:

1. I cant walk further than 15-20 metres without having to stop because of severe back pain
2. I cant sit or stand for longer than 5-10 minutes without having to move
3. I cant socialise or talk to people I dont know due to suffering a Personality Adjustment Disorder from the car accident.
4. I have bad hearing (self inflicted due to years of loud music!) but in working environments I find it hard to understand people and sometimes dont hear them at all when they talk to me
5. I have Aggressive Disorder and have a short temper and get angry at anybody for anything and can become violent (again because of the car accident)

I have psychologist reports from 2011 and 2012 and some other medical reports which confirm I have:

Chronic Pain Syndrome
Personality Adjustment Disorder with anxiety and mood disturbance
Aggressive Disorder
Limited movement of right arm caused by shoulder injury
Chronic Lower back pain

I would appreciate any help you can give me, I am going to submit these reports in support of my Mandatory reconsideration. I have also written a 5 page report detailing the sections I believe apply to me in the scoring process.

I actually score 81 going by my own assessment of my injuries and what I can and cant do!

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hi

thanks for the quick reply, I spoke to the benefits people and they have assured me the process will take 2 weeks if I submit further evidence, so fingers crossed this will do the trick