esa apeal

just a follow up it’s been since January since I have appealed to be put in the support group from wrag I have just been telephoned today by a dwp doctor asking me questions as she is reviewing the decision already made so at least il know either way shortly but it has been 7 months since I put the appeal in now if they agree with me being in the wrag group I will be looking at the same amount of time for my appeal to be heard wont I oh dear...

Was the person you spoke to an Atos approved disability analyst (ADA) [sometimes a doctor], or an ESA decision maker from the DWP?

The reason I ask is because it would be extremely unlikely that an Atos ADA would speak to a claimant directly about an ESA decision arising from the WCA, but it may very well have happened in your case?

Crazydiamond wrote:

Was the person you spoke to an Atos approved disability analyst (ADA) [sometimes a doctor], or an ESA decision maker from the DWP?

The reason I ask is because it would be extremely unlikely that an Atos ADA would speak to a claimant directly about an ESA decision arising from the WCA, but it may very well have happened in your case?

hi thank you for your response the lady intreduced herself as im a docotor looking at your apeal to see if i can revise the desction made -thats all she said about herself i didnt think to question her ,-she finished the breif conversation saying you will know the out come of my decsion within two weeks what do you think ? also it was a unknown number on my telephone i have been rung up 4 times by the dwp and it also as been a unknown number m

It is difficult to deduce from your post exactly who you were speaking to on the telephone, but whoever it was, there maybe a possibility that the DWP may change their original decision to place you in the WRAG and place you in the support group?

With the benefit of hindsight it may have been preferable to identify precisely who you were speaking to on the 'phone, but hindsight is a wonderful thing and I appreciate that being caught unawares as to the purpose of the call, it is very easy to forget to ask what may be appear to be an obvious question.

All you can really do now is to await the decision from the DWP.