I've been migrated from IB to WRAG ESA on mental health grounds. The ESA50 questionnaire doesn't cater adequately for mental health problems, so I didn't feel I categorically met the descriptors. I tried to provide additional information associated with the descriptors.
If you appeal to go into the Support Group can you only appeal SPECIFICALLY on whether you meet a descriptor/ (descriptors), or can you appeal more GENERALLY?(eg "the symptoms of my bipolar disorder taken as a whole mean that I am not capable of doing Work-Related Activity" [obvioulsy expanding on the debiliting nature of the symptoms which the descriptors on the ESA50 didn't include].
The ESA is not really a test of your ability to work, it is a test of whether you can meet very specific criteria. To access the Support Group you need to show how you meet those critieria
