letter from the courts about my pip appeal I have to send more medical evidence

lucysam5

Hi just writing  I received  a letter from the courts  about my pip appeal I have to send more medical  evidence  to the appeal  court & send them in before 28th  of may  I all so had to go for a E S A  Assessment  on the fourth  of March which I got so would that go for me or against  I am still going to hospital  for different  types  of ailments   I have cerebral palsy  & spina bifada  & osteoporosis  & having  a bad hip a which they can't  operate  on because it's to risky  can you give me some. Advice  many thanks Catherine  

steve51

Hi @lucysam5

Good Morning & Welcome to our online community/family.

I am one of the Community Champion’s here at Scope.

Both “esa & pip” are different “benefits” so they don’t effect each other.

Here’s some info below for you on “pip”

https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/personal-independence-payment-pip

We have also also got some info on “esa”

https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/employment-and-support-allowance

Please please let me know if you need any help going through these???

@steve51

Chloe_Scope

Hi @Lucysam25 and welcome to the community! What evidence did you previously submit? Here is an article about the evidence you could submit to support your PIP application. Have you heard back from ESA yet? I hope it all works out soon!

WythenshaweBi

For  little more help, try https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/

mikehughescq

Is your appeal by any chance part of the online resolution trial? https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/hmcts-provides-update-on-tribunal-reform-programme-including-on-continuous

I only ask because if you’ve not yet been to tribunal then it’s an extraordinary step for a tribunal to ask for medical evidence ahead of the hearing. There may be a problem of interpretation here but the only circumstances I can think of where this might occur are 

- where your case hearing started but was adjourned to obtain GP records or another specific report. This letter would then be the reminder to do so else they’ll relist.

- where you lodge an appeal but don’t provide full grounds of appeal so HMCTS admin. write to ask you to provide fuller grounds else the case is “struck out for want of prosecution” i.e. they’ve no clue what your grounds of appeal are so they’ll kick it out.

@steve51 may have inadvertently confused matters slightly. Whilst PIP and ESA are (currently) separate benefits they most certainly do effect each other. An award of PIP can increase your ESA for example and the reports for each may have sufficient common ground that a report for one benefit can be used for the other. DWP have largely stopped doing this but there’s nothing to stop you doing so if appropriate. Those last two words are key though and you may want to get face to face advice as many reports which look positive to claimants may contain information or phrases detrimental to your claim. 

lucysam5

No this the first time i actually asked for medical evedeince  to the i looked at the letter what they sent me & they sat on 4/5/2019 when i have looked @the date they Saturday  2019 so i could get a phone call to tell me i am getting pip or not 

Chloe_Scope

Hi @lucysam5! How are you doing this morning? Did you manage to hear back from them?

lucysam5

Sorry did't get back to you i fell yesterday i knocked my foot on the door & fell over ?i can't save myself from falling over i loose my balance  & go down like brick so i aching all over now i am waiting for a reply & a date when i  go to the court for my appeal on p i p  

Chloe_Scope

That's okay @lucysam5! Sorry to hear you fell, how is your foot today? I'm exactly the same, people say I go down like a sack of potatoes when I lose my balance! I hope you're not aching too much today and you don't have to wait much longer. If you need anything then please do let me know, or feel free to have a look around the community