Hi I am looking to find out some information on esa. I have a learning difficulty and have looked at the guides on claiming with learning difficulty or mental health condition and I have also looked at the guides on physical grounds but I seem to have descriptors that are related to me in both guides is that possible?
Shel09 wrote: Hi I am looking to find out some information on esa. I have a learning difficulty and have looked at the guides on claiming with learning difficulty or mental health condition and I have also looked at the guides on physical grounds but I seem to have descriptors that are related to me in both guides is that possible?
Questions 1-10 on the ESA50 are related to the physical problems that a claimant might have and 11-17 deal with mental health issues.
You will only score points for the physical questions if the underlying condition is a physical one, in principle you can only score points for the mental health tests dues to a cognitive or mental health issues but you may be able to argue that a physical problem has led to a mental health issue such as depression.
Gordon
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