New Member - Deaf ESA Appeal Help needed

Just to clarify the advice given by my colleague - revision at MR is not common, appeals are more often successful.

Thanks for that - having printed off some booklets and read them tonight I feel inspired again and think its definitely worth a shot! Suffering with depression and anxiety too doesnt help me feel great about myself but I do realise its not me its the system and no harm in simply putting my cards on the table and telling them what my life is like - I can do no more! I have completed appeal form just need tomorrow to add a covering letter outlining why I am appealing linking the descriptors to the MR decision info and send it off then request SARs from DWP. Can I request the decision made by a Dr last time I was assessed or only recent documents. I feel the Physio who assessed me clearly had no understanding of hearing impairment and mental health issues - I cried the whole way through the assessment but it was noted I coped well!!

I am not an expert just a member like you. My dad is deaf and was initially turned down for DLA. I applied again for him and filled it in myself. I really went into detail about how it affected his life like how I had to communicate for him on the phone when people rang, how he could not hear a smoke alarm and an incident one night when there was a small fire but he didn't hear the alarm and I woke him. How I am close to him so he lip reads me easily but strangers he had difficulty understanding like out in shops and stuff.

I just went into great detail about how it affected his ability to do certain things and how muh help he needed with that.

This was when it was DLA mind you and I will have to do the form when he switches to PIP.

He got his DLA award but I'm not so confident if he will when he's changed over.