Second medical assesment

Ray wrote: Thankyou for your reply Gordon , why i the i was getting jsa i don't know , since my post i now know my claim was for sda.

i have asked my Doctor for my full medical notes which i had to pay for and these i pick up tomorrow. His thoughts were a separte letter would be un-necessary as details of my visits and medication etc would be all on there to see. ( Hope he's right)

I am afraid that he isn't right about the letter, whilst it is isn't impossible that they will make a decision on a home assessment or even no assessment at all based on the information you have submitted, the chances are quite small. At the very least I would expect ATOS to write to him asking for confirmation that you cannot attend at one of their offices, but this only happens in about 25% of claims, so if you want to avoid having to go to an ATOS office you need your GP to write a letter explaining why you would not be able to do this.

With regard the additional information you are sending to ATOS, we recommend that you also send it the DWP office dealing with your claim, marked for the attention of the "Decision Maker" and also have a copy available for the assessor to read prior to their starting the interview, they are required to do this under section 3.1.2. of the WCA Handbook.

With regard the ESA assessment in general, it is important that you realise that the process is very different from SDA one that you had some time ago, the criteria are quite different and importantly, ESA is not awarded because of a claimants conditions but rather the limitations that result from them.

Please go through our ESA Claim guides to make sure that you fully understand how you are being assessed this time.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa

Gordon