I live in the Durham area and asked for a mandatory reconsideration which was refused in January 2018. I appealed to the Tribunal and every time I contact them the waiting time goes up. I’m currently at 70 weeks and been told I might get a date in August. That works at 18 months without mobility, I was awarded enhanced rate care but only got 4 points on mobility as they said I could drive a manual car and therefore have the power in my leg to walk over 200 metres. I just wish it was all sorted as the DWP had admitted that my condition will deteriorate, I now have 7 disc bulges in lower thoracic, all of lumbar and now S1. I’m not going to give up, I’ve waited this long.
Be aware, the Tribunal panel can only consider your conditions as they were on the date of the Decision appealed, any changes since then are excluded from their deliberations.
Gordon
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