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10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago #103911 by Elizabeth Wood
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I attended an ESA Appeal tribunal yesterday with my husband. He was appealing to be put in the Support Group from WRAG. He is 64 years old and has been on sickness benefit since 1993. He has ME & Meniere's disease as well as other health issues. The Doctor who was on the panel asked him when he was last an in patient in hospital (this was for kidney stones in the 1990's) and also asked him about a psychologist he saw at the start of his illness again in the early 1990's. The chair of the panel even asked him about his walking stick, did he buy it himself or was he given it ? I cannot begin to explain how depressed and inadequate this experience has made him feel. They would not let me speak until the end even though we explained to them about how 'brain fog' affects him and he is not able to formulate answers to questions. I cannot understand the relevance of the questions as I thought the appeal was about how his illness was affecting him when we completed the ESA50 form. Is there any way I can complain about the questions he was asked or how his condition was not taken into account at the hearing. I can understand how people take their own lives after being put through this kind of ordeal fortunately we are in it together but I feel for people on their own going through all this.
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Elizabeth Wood wrote: I attended an ESA Appeal tribunal yesterday with my husband. He was appealing to be put in the Support Group from WRAG. He is 64 years old and has been on sickness benefit since 1993. He has ME & Meniere's disease as well as other health issues. The Doctor who was on the panel asked him when he was last an in patient in hospital (this was for kidney stones in the 1990's) and also asked him about a psychologist he saw at the start of his illness again in the early 1990's. The chair of the panel even asked him about his walking stick, did he buy it himself or was he given it ? I cannot begin to explain how depressed and inadequate this experience has made him feel. They would not let me speak until the end even though we explained to them about how 'brain fog' affects him and he is not able to formulate answers to questions. I cannot understand the relevance of the questions as I thought the appeal was about how his illness was affecting him when we completed the ESA50 form. Is there any way I can complain about the questions he was asked or how his condition was not taken into account at the hearing. I can understand how people take their own lives after being put through this kind of ordeal fortunately we are in it together but I feel for people on their own going through all this.
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Thank you so much for all your information. It is much appreciated. We have received a decision notice today and we have been successful. My husband has been placed in the support group. We are delighted as he will hopefully be retirement age before his next review. At the same time I am still annoyed at how he was treated at the tribunal and my heart goes out to people who have no one to support them when they are dealing with all this. I know how long it will take my husband to recover from the ordeal he was put through.
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Congratulations on the award.
How people are treated at the Tribunal seems to be quite variable, from the kind and understanding to the Spanish Inquisition (no pun intended), if you still believe that the way this panel treated you was unreasonable, then I would I ask you to think about making a complaint, the decision is obviously yours, but consider how they will treat the next claimant they see.
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Elizabeth Wood wrote: Thank you so much for all your information. It is much appreciated. We have received a decision notice today and we have been successful. My husband has been placed in the support group. We are delighted as he will hopefully be retirement age before his next review. At the same time I am still annoyed at how he was treated at the tribunal and my heart goes out to people who have no one to support them when they are dealing with all this. I know how long it will take my husband to recover from the ordeal he was put through.
Congratulations on the award.
How people are treated at the Tribunal seems to be quite variable, from the kind and understanding to the Spanish Inquisition (no pun intended), if you still believe that the way this panel treated you was unreasonable, then I would I ask you to think about making a complaint, the decision is obviously yours, but consider how they will treat the next claimant they see.
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10 years 11 months ago #104030 by Jim Allison BSc, Inst LE, MBIM; MA (Consumer Protection & Social Welfare Law)
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Replied by Jim Allison BSc, Inst LE, MBIM; MA (Consumer Protection & Social Welfare Law) on topic Appeal tribunal - irelevant questions
Regretfully, there are good and bad in all professions, and Tribunal Members are no exception.
In the 10 years I sat on DLA Appeal Tribunals, most of the time appellants were treated with courtesy and respect. In a small minority of cases, they were not treated in this manner.
If an appellant feels they have been unfairly treated, then there is a laid down process for them to complain.
Contact the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) if you’re unhappy with the behaviour, language or conduct of a judge, magistrate, tribunal member or coroner.
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In the 10 years I sat on DLA Appeal Tribunals, most of the time appellants were treated with courtesy and respect. In a small minority of cases, they were not treated in this manner.
If an appellant feels they have been unfairly treated, then there is a laid down process for them to complain.
Contact the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) if you’re unhappy with the behaviour, language or conduct of a judge, magistrate, tribunal member or coroner.
Complain about a judge, magistrate, tribunal member or coroner
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