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Hello all
I'm kinda like at my wits end, and need some help or advice, I really feel I am being singled out here...
I've been on benefits since I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease in 1999. I underwent an assessment in 2012 for ESA and was put in the support group, that same year as my condition was getting worse, I also underwent another assessment for DLA which was first turned down, I then went though the tribunal service and it was decided that, (after I brought all my medical records and written Doctors letters from 1995-2012 showing my condition getting worse..£65 to have that done) I was entitled to the higher rate mobility and the higher care rate, for a total of 3 years.
In August 2015 I had another assessment for the renewal of my DLA, + the change over to PIP which I was reworded higher rates again until 2018.

Now in February 2016 just six months apart, I have to go through yet another assessment for ESA and the support group, which says I need to supply evidence of my condition over again, I cannot afford another £65 for all this evidence again...I phoned the Health Assessment Advisory Service, from whom I received the letter....I first got told "This form should not have been sent to you"....Then from the same person, "I get someone to phone you back in two-three hours".......In one hour I had a phone call from a lady (I never took her name) I asked her, if they can use all the evidence that I brought in for my PIP assessment some 6 months ago, I was told "NO" that was for your PIP claim this is for ESA support group claim...
I can understand, I really can, how they need to wash out the not so genuine people...But surely they should know by now, if I am genuine or not? Do I need to do this same assessment over and over again, and each time to bring in the same evidence over and over?.....Please help, I don't know what I should do
Thank you..
Regards ..
Swifty

Hi Gordon
Thank you for your quick response
Sorry for the confusing time line, I've actually confused myself here

I think In 2009/10 I was taken off income Support and incapacity Benefit and assessed for ESA to go on the support group.
it was not until I was finding it more difficult to walk, and relying more and more on my wife for help, that I first claimed DLA in 2012, and was turned down, I went through a tribunal, and I was accepted, this was for three years, and ran out in October 2015, in July I started to get paper work to make a claim for the new PIP, where in August I was awarded High rate mobility and high rate care, my wife being my carer.
So I was last assessed for ESA in 2009/10....I had though(probably wrongly) the being in the support group of ESA that I would not be assessed again....Or that, if I was to have another assessment that, they could use all the information that I gave them for my PIP assessment
And sorry, I did not search, or read the forum before posting, I was a little upset while posting and it came out a mess
Thank you for your help

Thank you Gordon
I have now had a good read on here, and speaking to my wife, it's just another form to fill out, but I do wish there was somehow the DWP could just recognise genuine claimants from the not so ones, maybe have a small chip inserted with all the information that they require(I say that as joke) but thinking about it I wouldn't mind having it done, instead of going through this over, and over, again
I can see you, and lots of others on here, doing a wonderful service in their spare time....Just to take a minute, and say Thanks

Stephen wrote: Thank you Gordon
I have now had a good read on here, and speaking to my wife, it's just another form to fill out, but I do wish there was somehow the DWP could just recognise genuine claimants from the not so ones, maybe have a small chip inserted with all the information that they require(I say that as joke) but thinking about it I wouldn't mind having it done, instead of going through this over, and over, again
I can see you, and lots of others on here, doing a wonderful service in their spare time....Just to take a minute, and say Thanks

Thanks S !

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