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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #94711 by slugsta
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Hi Melanie,
There is a lot of info on this site explaining what to expect at the assessment. This will be a good place to start
ESA Medical – What to expect
As an aside - it would be better for you to start a new thread of your own if you cannot find the inf you need in the guides and FAQs. Otherwise people can get very confused regarding who they are answering and what the background is
Sorry - xpost with Gordon
There is a lot of info on this site explaining what to expect at the assessment. This will be a good place to start
ESA Medical – What to expect
As an aside - it would be better for you to start a new thread of your own if you cannot find the inf you need in the guides and FAQs. Otherwise people can get very confused regarding who they are answering and what the background is

Sorry - xpost with Gordon
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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #94713 by Melanie
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its just that i had my assesment 2 weeks ago i had my letter telling me wrag i asked for a copy of the assesment the doctor stated watched me walk 10 meters to his room with difficulty and breathless but then put i could walk 200meters but never asked me one question on walking.
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12 years 9 months ago #94715 by slugsta
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Melanie wrote:
What did you put on your ESA50?
its just that i had my assesment 2 weeks ago i had my letter telling me wrag i asked for a copy of the assesment the doctor stated watched me walk 10 meters to his room with difficulty and breathless but then put i could walk 200meters but never asked me one question on walking.
What did you put on your ESA50?
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12 years 9 months ago #94716 by Melanie
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that i could not walk 50 meters without stopping and it causing me severe pain and fatigue.
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12 years 9 months ago #94717 by Gordon
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Melanie wrote:
The important thing to understand is that this is just an opinion, not a fact, and therefore it is something you can disagree with.
You might want to have a look in the DLA section, there's a guide in there "DLA - Giving pursusive evidence about how far you can walk" which might help.
Remember, the ESA test is not walking, it is mobilising which can include the use of a wheelchair, irrelevany of whether you use or even own one.
Gordon
I am not suggesting that the opinion is justified, but ATOS will have accurately measured distance to the examination room, they will have counted the time it took you to get there, and will then extrapolate your speed, from this they will have a reasonable understanding of how your walking is effected and the potential distance you can walk.its just that i had my assesment 2 weeks ago i had my letter telling me wrag i asked for a copy of the assesment the doctor stated watched me walk 10 meters to his room with difficulty and breathless but then put i could walk 200meters but never asked me one question on walking.
The important thing to understand is that this is just an opinion, not a fact, and therefore it is something you can disagree with.
You might want to have a look in the DLA section, there's a guide in there "DLA - Giving pursusive evidence about how far you can walk" which might help.
Remember, the ESA test is not walking, it is mobilising which can include the use of a wheelchair, irrelevany of whether you use or even own one.
Gordon
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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #94725 by Melanie
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i just find this unbelievable that he never even asked one question about walking he also stated in the report that my balance was not good
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