Quantity of information to send for mandatory reco

Hi Ishbel Rose

You're asking one of those questions where it is impossible to give you a definitive answer, but I would say that your focus should be on where you think he should have scored points. Now obviously in this case there will be a lot because he scored no points. So the question to ask yourself - did I explain his difficulties clearly enough, and did I highlight any medical evidence to back it up?

Your primary task is to show that your son meets the criteria. There are many reasons why he may have failed, you need to address each of these but don't get bogged down in criticising the assessment report unless you can clearly show that it is incorrect, it is a lot easier to argue the facts of the situation;

"the assessor recorded that I walked 50m, I did but they have failed to document that I had to stop every 10m for a rest due to breathlessness"

than their opinions

"based on my observations of the claimant walking I believe that they can reliably walk more than 200m.

I should add there are no rules about how long or short an MR should be - so do what feels right.

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