ESA FORM

Can anyone help please! I have read the guidance leaflets on how to best complete the ESA form and realise that previously I always ticked the ' VARIABLE ' boxes whereas it would have been more appropriate to tick the 'NO' box to some of the questions on the form. If I now complete this form differently to the one I completed 2yrs ago would this appear to DWP as suspicious and therefore detrimental to my claim? Would appreciate any advise.

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It is highly unlikely that the assessor will have any prior knowledge of you or whether you already have a claim, let alone look at the old claim form!

It is up to you, but I really don't think you have anything to worry about on this score.

You might want to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. That will allow you to return with further questions/comments without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too

EDIT - There is no need to make duplicate posts. There will always be a delay before your post is made public, even during official 'opening hours', as every one has to be read and approved by a moderator before being made public. How long this takes depends entirely on how many (voluntary) mods are on-line and how busy we are.

I have deleted the duplicate so that all information is kept in the same place for you.

Thanks v.much for your help.