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Missed medical assessment / mental patient lied for mandatory reconsideration

Hi
Please can someone advise me urgently, my sister has lied to DWP about why she missed medical assessment
She has bipolar and depression, severe learning difficulties . on the date of the assessment she actually became violent and hurt me hence I did not take her or called the DWP but she has called them to state she didn't go as my son had meningitis
which he did but was the previous month!! They have failed her reconsideration stating she should have made alternative arrangement.
Now I have cooled down and realised I made the situation worse by not continuing to support her as her benefit has stoppped
Please advise urgently, we are appealing #
Should I write a statement and her other carer confirming the events
Replies
You don’t say whether it is ESA or UC that your sister is claiming, but either way, failing to attend the assessment without good cause/reason means the DWP treat you as failing it.
I do think your sister has good cause but not what she provided. She should have emphasised her mental health diagnosis and severe LD. This needs to be explained on the request for the appeal and also include any medical evidence of this. You could also put in a letter of support as her carer explaining that you were dealing with her violent behaviour that day which prevented you taking your sister to the medical.
Hopefully this will be sufficient to persuade the DWP that she did have good reason for missing the medical.
Regards,
Michael
..i missed my esa medical assessment and I'm scared