Please help...Put into WRAG but no decision letter

Jojo

The first thing you need to do is request a formal Decision Letter from the DWP, you are entitled to this. I would start by phoning the DWP office that dealt with your claim, the number will be on any letter that you have received from them.

Secondly, you need to make a formal request for a Mandatory Reconsideration, our ESA MR & Appeal guide explains how to do this and has template letters you can use, it will also explain the process in more detail. You should mention that you will be sending in further information to the process once you have received the ESA85

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa1

Once your MR has been submitted and you have the ESA85 you should then go through the ESA Claim guides with the report to see where the assessor has marked you down and why. Your goal is to show that you meet the criteria for the Support Group rather than to simply disagree with the assessors opinions.

I am afraid, while you remain in the WRAG you are subject to Work Focussed Interviews and any requests to do Work Related Activity that your advisor might make although they must make reasonable adjustments to take into account the limitations that result from your conditions.

If you have any further questions or need help with the SG criteria then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Gordon

Jojo

I am afraid the Decision Maker will not consult with the assessor over the report, the DWP's position is that the report is accurate until it is shown not to be, this usually requires there to be a fundamental problem with the report, for example the assessor failed to note that a claimant only had one leg, or after a formal complaint has been lodged and upheld about its accuracy.

Even if you call and request an MR we recommend that you follow up the request in writing.

Just to re-emphasise my comment from my previous post, your primary goal is to show that you meet the criteria for the Support Group, this may require you to comment on the report, but you should avoid trying to just show that the report is wrong as this will not result in an increased award.

Gordon