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ESA85 Medical Report (missing score sheet)
sleepy1
Member Posts: 299 Pioneering
Hi
Received Medical Report today from my ESA f2f but there was no score sheet, do you have to request this separetly? I thought they would just send it anyway with the report.
Received Medical Report today from my ESA f2f but there was no score sheet, do you have to request this separetly? I thought they would just send it anyway with the report.
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If you where awarded the SG (LCWRA) there may be no descriptors scored for that But they score for the( LCW ) work related activity Group descriptors
When i requested mine i got the LT56 /ESA56 only no ESA85 (apart from a very old one,not related to my current esa claim) i have rang them told that because i had a home visit they would have to request it, nearly 3 weeks and still nothing from them i'm in the SG but only have the score sheet for the LCW shedule 3 descripors that i scored points in and that is the only thing mentioned in the DM's lt54 it doesn't show or confirm what descriptor got me the SG
So it looks like i shall have to request my personal info (SAR) from them They have to comply with that and within 40 days of them recieving my request
Cheers for your reply, I had a f2f at the assessment centre and was put in the SG. The HCP report was very good in general so I have no complaint with them.
I have just spoken with DWP who said there is no score sheet as such and it all depends who the DM is as to how much information they include in their report, I asked if I could have a copy of the DM report, she said I don't see why you would need that as your already in the support group anyway and it wont tell you anything different to the medical report. Eventually she agreed to send me a copy after I said I would just like to have it for future reference.
Don't understand why they just can't send you all these things automatically, yet they require us to send them all our information without them having to ring us up and being put on hold for ages.
The main reason I wanted to see what things I had scored points on is because my PIP was taken away recently when I could not get to that assessment, have logged an appeal but was hoping if I sent all the information about the ESA report they may reconsider without having to go to tribunal.
Hope you manage to get all the info you require.......Can do without all the stress!
the report doesn't make a lot of sense, and the hcp's writing is not very clear
but it shows that i meet the criteria for LCW (work related activity) with one condition but the HCP recomends that i should meet LCWRA (Support group) for that,but my most disabling condition IMO stage 4 OA of the knee TKR surgery the only option left , which i don't want yet due to my age, and the new joint only lasting 10-15 years max and it not being a proceedure that i would wish to undertake now ,nevermind have to repeat in later life that condition isn't even mentioned or listed ???? but i do have the audio recording , where my knee was discussed at lenght and a 2nd copy of the surgeons report handed to them, as the first was sent soon after the ESA50 was sent in
So from your post i see you have recently applied for ESA They will send you a copy of what questions you where asked ,with your answers in the post, called a statement, which you should check carfully, amending any errors if needed and return to them you will need a MED3 Fit/sick note from your GP covering you from the day you wish to claim ESA from , once they have your fit note they will process the claim and you should start being paid assessment rate ESA until your WCA they will send you a ESA50 or UC50 questionaire before the assessment which you will have to complete and return within the 4weeks time frame allowed, failure to do this will result in them closing the claim , send fit notes and anything else to sign for, or at the minimum get free proof of posting by posting within the post office and asking for that, they are renowned for loosing things, at least you can then prove that you sent it back
As for using your ESA85 info to help with a claim for PIP, i have spoken with the CAB adviser who has been helping me, and they say that it would have limited value,for a PIP Application/assessment but possibly more of value at a tribunal
IMO i should meet the standard mobility criteria for pip,
Looking through my previous PIP Assessment report, which The nurse who did it is full of inconsistencies, and misleading info, regarding distances walked conveniently swapping yards into meters so as to imply more than 200mtrs although it does say i stopped a few times, but the combination of her lies and the fact that i travelled to the centre by public transport somehow means that i score nothing, followed by a farce that was a tribunal
who seemed to agree with ATOS/ DWP, even though i pointed out the distance from train stn to centre was under 100mtrs and distance from the same stn to tribunal building as even less,
Which in an earlier ESA appeal was said to be around 200mtrs by the medical member of the panel ,whoput in the SOR that he has observed me walk without any obvious problems AFTER the tribunal hearing had completed which they used to deny me ESA
Of course that decision was set aside when challenged but it shows the comtempt even some tribunal staff have for us