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I have also posted this in the chronic pain adviser section.
i have been on ESA for many years and DWP have said i can work. I appealed and have a date for tribunal on 1st August, i have been told i will get a yes or no while i am there. I have suffered with depression since my mid teens i am now 38 and had to attend appointmenst at Prospect park hospital (mental health team) and CAT sessions that helped then but now finished and have no help now. I have an issue with my spine, i have had an operation on spine and nerve root killer injections which has made it worse, i have been advised by my GP not to work and my crital care doctor has wrote a letter saying i shouldn't work for the foreseable future. I have been advised to have spinal fusion surgery but told i am too heavy for the funding. I have been told DWP can appeal the decision if it goes in my favour. I have no one to go with me to verify what i am saying and dreading attending the tribunal, any help and advice would be appreciated. Also what is DAB please?
i have been on ESA for many years and DWP have said i can work. I appealed and have a date for tribunal on 1st August, i have been told i will get a yes or no while i am there. I have suffered with depression since my mid teens i am now 38 and had to attend appointmenst at Prospect park hospital (mental health team) and CAT sessions that helped then but now finished and have no help now. I have an issue with my spine, i have had an operation on spine and nerve root killer injections which has made it worse, i have been advised by my GP not to work and my crital care doctor has wrote a letter saying i shouldn't work for the foreseable future. I have been advised to have spinal fusion surgery but told i am too heavy for the funding. I have been told DWP can appeal the decision if it goes in my favour. I have no one to go with me to verify what i am saying and dreading attending the tribunal, any help and advice would be appreciated. Also what is DAB please?
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We have a lot of useful information about tribunals and the DWP appeals process on our website, which may be of use to you.
As for DAB, I'm afraid I'm not too sure what it stands for. I've had a quick look online and it may stand for Disability Advice Bureau?
In what context have you heard DAB being mentioned?
Ah, it may be the Disability Advice Bureau, then! I can't say I've heard DAB being mentioned before, but it may be what your sister is referring to.