ESA tribunal

Hi,I'm new and have only just found this site...I have my ESA tribunal in 6 days and wish I had found this earlier, I have fibromyalgia,CFCs,depression and anxiety problems. I scored zero points at my medical...any help would be appreciated

Piplou71 wrote: Hi,I'm new and have only just found this site...I have my ESA tribunal in 6 days and wish I had found this earlier, I have fibromyalgia,CFCs,depression and anxiety problems. I scored zero points at my medical...any help would be appreciated

Hi P71,

Welcome to Benefits and Work

It is rather late in the proceedings.

The best that I can advise would be to read through our ESA Claims Guides under the heading of "New ESA50 form"

On this page :

ESA Claims Guides

Also have a look at :

Qualifying for the WRAG

&

Qualifying for the Support Group

From our :

ESA FAQ’s

You may then have a better idea regarding the type of evidence that you will have to submit to qualify for The WRAG and/or SG of ESA.

If you are to submit any further evidence on the day, make sure you take 4 copies of each page of evidence, and give 3 copies of each to The Clerk on arrival. Keep the other copy for yourself.

These links may help :

Preparing for a Tribunal

From our : Appeals FAQ’s

Disability Rights UK Factsheet - Appeals and reconsiderations

&

MOJ Video of ESA Appeals Process and Tribunal

Please reply to this topic if you have any further queries.

bro58

You say you have CFCs; do you mean CFS? Look on Action for ME's website. There is a 30-page downloadable document guiding you through the whole appeal process. I have ME/CFS and have just sent the form requesting an appeal. Good luck!

Hi,

Action for ME Website

bro58

If I could just give one piece of advice, if you have good days think really hard about using the word good as to another person that can be misinterpreted that you are 100% healthy! Are your good days really good or are you just not as bad as you can be. Lesson I have learned for future is not to use words good and bad because I am always bad but there are times I can be a bit better or a lot worse. Also, do not take it for granted they will have read all your documents, try and explain absolutely everything that limits and restricts you, I believe one mistake I made was focussing on for instance the fatigue makes me really tired and means I have to sleep a lot and by saying things like that I did not actually say what happens to me healthwise.

Good luck.

Hi Del,

I have used the term better days than bad days throughout friends ESA form as I too agree that "GOOD" can be quite misleading to "normal" people.

Radhika.