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Failed ATOS medical, next steps, please help
hi
Ive just found out ive failed the atos medical (UK) for ESA.
Ive called up my job centre to ask for the medical report.
I cant believe i scored 0 points on both questionnaire and medical. This is not right, i filled in the questionnaire very thouroughly referencing the descriptors and i was confidant i would score over 10 points at least.
The medical interviewer told me he didnt even read the questionnaire i had filled in, saying i wrote too much and basically he couldnt be bothered.
just wondered my next steps.
the letter says 'you will get a further letter explaining how they made decision'. So i should wait until i receive this?
So i presume my ESA has stopped now.
when will it be re-instated? when i make an appeal?
the letter says i can ask for explanation, reasons, ask them
to look at it again, and finally appeal. Shall i do all of these in order, one at a time, or all together immediately?
thanks
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Re: Failed ATOS medical, next steps, please help
Hi
I failed my ESA with 0 points as well. I think most people with mental health illness do. I wrote and told them i wanted to appeal.
Your ESA wont stop. You will be paid at the assessment rate while your appeal is going through.
You will get your report in the post soon with a letter telling you how to appeal if you want to.
I did appeal, took me a year to be given a date for a hearing but i won my appeal and was told i would be left alone for a year to try and get myself back on track. It didnt happen as after 6 months i was asked to go for another medical and failed it again :-(
Good luck
Mandie x
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thanks.
shall i wait for report to come before asking for appeal?
is this the same report the jobcentre are sending me? i called jobcentre for it.
but my letter says "you will get further letter explaining how they made decision".
how did your appeal work? did you have to go somewhere and a group of people challenged you in person? or is it all in writing?
thanks.
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wait for the report. you will get it with a letter telling you that you failed and how to appeal.
the report with come from esa dept.
I had to go to the tribunal place where i went before a judge and a dr. The asked me lots of questions about my condition and how it affects me. Took about 20 mins. I was asked to leave the room for about 15 mins. I was then called back and they told me i had won my appeal.
Did annoy me that i was put through it all and it was the same questions i was asked at the atos medical. when i read back what the atos report said, i was so angry to see that the dr had put she has no problems to things like does your condition affect you going out etc. My anxiety and panic stopped me doing alot of everyday things, i couldnt even go in a supermarket, yet she put down i had no problems!!!
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thanks.
i was told that the appeal process is NOT the same as the tribunal process.
did you go through your detailed medical report and say what you disagreed with on your gl24 form? or did you do this at the later stage?
im not sure how detailed my gl24 should be.
i have recieved my detailed medical report.
i hear the appeal is just an internal DWP process, if they still fail you, you can then go to the tribunal phase.
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I have to say, I am very confused about the whole entitlement issue with mental health problems.
I asked about entitlements on another thread here ages ago, and was told by several members that you cannot claim for things like depression and anxiety, so I am wondering what the story is when so many people here are being assessed again?????
Whilst I understand it is difficult for people who are genuinely unable to work and require this benefit, I do think the overhaul is long overdue and much needed, the Tories motives suspicious or not. Too many so called 'unwell' people have been riding the gravy train for far too long and need a wake up call.
I know I will not be popular for saying that as it means there will be genuine claimants who suffer through this, but the system as it stood was simply not sustainable.
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as soon as you appeal your money starts again dont give up lots of people win on appeal
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you apple first if that dont work you go to the tribunal
pop in chat one day i help you
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Re: Failed ATOS medical, next steps, please help
Debs - I cannot work full time due to having Crohn's and the heart attack and yet they repeatedly tell me I cannot get any benefits because of that. I don't understand the system either.
It also doesn't help when I see people posting on Facebook about going to concerts to see bands and yet they are claiming benefits due to being agoraphobic!
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Originally Posted by
nomorepanic
Debs - I cannot work full time due to having Crohn's and the heart attack and yet they repeatedly tell me I cannot get any benefits because of that. I don't understand the system either.
It also doesn't help when I see people posting on Facebook about going to concerts to see bands and yet they are claiming benefits due to being agoraphobic!
new illness agoraphobic 2 hours a day lol
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Re: Failed ATOS medical, next steps, please help
You need to find the information on the internet to how the points are awarded then see how it effects your life. Then tell them what they need to hear.
You would be surprised how easy it is not to tell them what they need to know. I failed mine recently because I believe they wanted me off benefits. Its the only reason. I've passed the same test time and time again with the same answers and nothing has changed in the medical. Even the Dr said to me they dont care about mental problems at ATOS or is it the government. If you can pick up a pen or paint brush you're fit enough to work.
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Originally Posted by
anybody
i was told that the appeal process is NOT the same as the tribunal process.
did you go through your detailed medical report and say what you disagreed with on your gl24 form? or did you do this at the later stage?
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i hear the appeal is just an internal DWP process, if they still fail you, you can then go to the tribunal phase.
(I've edited your post and cut out the bits I'm not commenting on, hope that's OK :))
I went through appeal autumn 2009 and the tribunal summer 2010, so I'm not sure if things have changed.
At the time, yes, the appeal was a very quick 'internal' phase, and then the tribunal (which is independent) took over six months to come through.
At the appeal stage I went through my medical report and wrote a very lengthy letter as to why I disagreed. My appeal was unsuccessful, and only then did they tell me that you need extra medical evidence (e.g. a supporting statement from your GP or psychiatrist etc) to change a decision at the appeal stage.
So, the first thing I'd do is find out if that's still the case. At my mental health centre there's a benefits officer who arranges evidence (in my case he prepared a supporting statement for the tribunal) so find out if you have one too, or you could always ask your GP or psychiatrist direct.
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Originally Posted by
debs71
I have to say, I am very confused about the whole entitlement issue with mental health problems.
I asked about entitlements on another thread here ages ago, and was told by several members that you cannot claim for things like depression and anxiety, so I am wondering what the story is when so many people here are being assessed again?????
Whilst I understand it is difficult for people who are genuinely unable to work and require this benefit, I do think the overhaul is long overdue and much needed, the Tories motives suspicious or not. Too many so called 'unwell' people have been riding the gravy train for far too long and need a wake up call.
I know I will not be popular for saying that as it means there will be genuine claimants who suffer through this, but the system as it stood was simply not sustainable.
The bit I've put in bold is absolutely incorrect. And, with respect, an overhaul has been overdue, to stop the cheaters claiming the benefit and to make sure that people who do deserve it are given it! The government seems to be tackling the first part, but at the same time depriving more and more genuine claimants. Unfortunately these are most often those with mental health issues:
- It's harder for them to prove their difficulties (nowhere near as obvious as physical disabilities often).
- ATOS doctors don't have a good history of understanding mental health issues (to put it politely)
- These people are less likely to be able/confident enough/etc to appeal.
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london
as soon as you appeal your money starts again dont give up lots of people win on appeal
YES!
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Originally Posted by
Nicky32
You need to find the information on the internet to how the points are awarded then see how it effects your life. Then tell them what they need to hear.
You would be surprised how easy it is not to tell them what they need to know. I failed mine recently because I believe they wanted me off benefits. Its the only reason. I've passed the same test time and time again with the same answers and nothing has changed in the medical. Even the Dr said to me they dont care about mental problems at ATOS or is it the government. If you can pick up a pen or paint brush you're fit enough to work.
Some good points here, although my benefits officer has told me that the criteria have changed, at least since my tribunal (last summer).
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The bit I've put in bold is absolutely incorrect. And, with respect, an overhaul has been overdue, to stop the cheaters claiming the benefit and to make sure that people who do deserve it are given it! The government seems to be tackling the first part, but at the same time depriving more and more genuine claimants.
Umm, well, whilst I didn't emphasise that the idea was to identify genuine claimants, that was the point I was attempting to make.
Sorry, what did you mean by 'incorrect'? That I was TOLD that or incorrect that you CAN claim?
I was indeed told that many months ago on the forum, however I have now sussed from the numerous posts here you can evidently claim.
I am not on any sides here. I believe - like the vast majority of tax payers in this country - that benefits should go to those genuinely in need, but I don't think it is wrong to say that I still agree with the government (whoever they may be, Tory or Labour (who started it all off incidentally) )overhauling the system.
One third of my pay as a Nurse was tax for 12 years, so I do not have any qualms with stating my resentment at it not going to the right people for years and years, and something now being done to at least attempt to tackle that.
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Re: Failed ATOS medical, next steps, please help
hi
i put my appeal in a while ago and received confirmation that the appeal process/procedure was underway and to wait.
But now i just received another medical questionnaire from ATOS (exactly the same as the one that i originally filled in).
So this is either a mistake, or they have decided to start all over again from the beginning?
any advice?
thanks.
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Originally Posted by
debs71
Sorry, what did you mean by 'incorrect'? That I was TOLD that or incorrect that you CAN claim?
Sorry, I missed this post at the time. I meant that it's absolutely incorrect that you can't claim for mental health issues like anxiety and depression.
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Originally Posted by
anybody
hi
i put my appeal in a while ago and received confirmation that the appeal process/procedure was underway and to wait.
But now i just received another medical questionnaire from ATOS (exactly the same as the one that i originally filled in).
So this is either a mistake, or they have decided to start all over again from the beginning?
any advice?
thanks.
I had a big mistake with ATOS communicating with the main Jobcentre Plus centre early this summer (I have never dealt with the local one - I've always gone straight to the people who have been writing to me - the main one).
I can't understand why they would be 'starting again from the beginning'.
Do you mean the 50+ page report??? If so that's unbelievable!!
Give the main centre a call, and if you're not happy with the advice given phone back a second time and speak to someone else to double check. I may just have been unlucky, but doing this saved me all the paperwork again (basically the first time I was told I would have to fill it in again and also start from the beginning, the second time I was told I didn't and just needed to write a simple letter. BUT my situation was different from yours and I don't understand why they're asking you to do this).
If you're not happy then definitely phone again and ask to speak to the appeals section (as your claim is under appeal). The people in this department, at least in my main Jobcentre, actually know what they're talking about, unlike many of the idiots on the general ESA phoneline.
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thanks.
well, ATOS did send me a letter admitting that the examiner did NOT read my questionnaire properly (before i made the appeal), as i complained about atos to atos and to jobcentre.
jobcentre told me the appeal is next step, so i did that.... as when i scored 0 points, the appeal paperwork was given to me, and i followed the steps.
yeah the long winded quesitonnaire about your illness, took me weeks to fill it in.
if they are starting from the beginning again, id just like to re-submit the same questionnaire, with maybe an update.
you mean i should call atos? yeah diff staff at jobcentre give diff answers, so frustrating.
thanks.
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That seems like a very useful letter to support your appeal, and to show the tribunal if it gets that far!!
The questionairres I've received have always come for the main Jobcentre Plus not from ATOS. So if I were in your position I'd call the main Jobcentre Plus and ask to speak to the appeals section or a supervisor, explaining that you have been given different advice by different Jobcentre staff in the main office, and that you need the correct answer.
I'm absolutely no expert, and it's just my personal opinion, so you'll need to find out for yourself, but I can't see any reason why you would need to fill in the form again from the beginning.
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Hi Nicola
Yes it is very galling but I have learnt that people have so many differing views regarding illness. I have ME/CFS which causes me anxiety and now gives me very low moods typical of atypical depression. I am completely housebound and I have not been out of the boundary of the house and garden for months, I know of others with ME/CFS who claim their housebound but as you say they then post saying they have gone to craft shows or concerts with the assistants of partners and friends and mobility aids. I can see in some respects what they are saying but they are not entirely housebound. I cannot get out at the moment with anybodies help or mobility aid, now I call that housebound.
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Re: Failed ATOS medical, next steps, please help
thanks
called jobcentre, they said the notes they have say i have been referred for another medical, so will have to fill
in a brand new medical questionnaire.
so the appeal has been scrapped?
and they didnt even tell me?
ive asked why cant they just read the original questionnaire ?
or can i re-submitt it? they will call me back.
should be ok if i just re-submit it again? or just copy the original word for word?
took me weeks to fill out, cant be doing that again, so hard.
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How confusing :(
I think you need to speak to the appeals section directly.
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Re: Failed ATOS medical, next steps, please help
got the call back, by someone who didnt seem sure of themselves.
said the appeal is ongoing still, but as there was queries on the case, and the medical was not
up to standard, ill need to do it all again.
i think id like to re-write it all anyhow with additional stuff and updated info, rather than ask for
the old one to be resubmitted.
i asked for a statement of reasons on why i need to do this all again, i was told the DM would be notified of this.
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To come back now and say you have to go through it all again is in my view totally unacceptable, if they (ATOS? JobC?) have got it wrong its not your fault and you should not be harrassed like this...have you considered going to the Welfare Rights...I think you should.
J.
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Originally Posted by
Bruno58
To come back now and say you have to go through it all again is in my view totally unacceptable, if they (ATOS? JobC?) have got it wrong its not your fault and you should not be harrassed like this...have you considered going to the Welfare Rights...I think you should.
J.
im not familiar with welfare rights, what will they do? are they a free service like CAB?
yes it sounded like the person on phone didnt want to tell me the exact reasoning for the situtation, was mumbling kinda reading out aloud from the screen, about too many queries and medical not up to standard, as atos admitted. One staff said they had never come across this situation, eg appeal going on but then sent back to stage 1 to do questionaire and medical all over again.
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Yes welfare rights are like CAB and there is no cost to use them, you should have an office not far from you, you'll need to do a search but if you have a CAB they will know, ours only open certain days/times, I haven't used them myself but my wife has, she saw 2 people at different meetings and one was the aggressive type!!! he rang the local office concerned and blasted them...she also attended an appeal and won her case easily...she was and still is very sick.
DWP/JobC and ATOS are a complete shambles and we must remember Jobcenter staff are being cut back as ATOS are doing some of their work...! 40 staff at our local JobC were made redundant in the last 6 months, I have a photo of the local newspaper's story..the headline read, Jobcenter cuts 40 jobs!!! its all crazy...ask me anything and I will try to find the answer.
J.
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I completely agree with Bruno.
It sounds to me (and I'm just guessing here) that they have completely screwed up, and are trying to bluff their way through to get the paperwork they need (I wonder if ATOS have lost your original?!). That's why I'd personally get on to the appeals section and speak to a manager, but Bruno has the better idea of Welfare Rights (who I haven't heard of).
I wouldn't change too much of your original paperwork if you resubmit (you have a copy then I guess?), unless you've consistently got worse. After all, it's an ongoing condition you're claiming for. But again that's just me and my humble opinion.
Let us know how you get on :)
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If you can't find Welfare Rights do an online search with Google, type in your town or city and welfare rights which should bring up lots of results, same if looking for your local CAB, you should be able to email them or/and find the local office, ours comes under Lancashire County Council.
They don't make it obvious these sevices are available to the public, a representative from WR can go with you to an tribunal appeal if you need/wish for support, they will also write/phone the JobC etc for you to help with problems, it does depend a lot on the person at WR how they approch a particular request for help and advice but you should find they will make progress for you, I am speaking from my wife's experience with these matters, I am considering using them myself soon.
J.
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Yes that where you need to go:)
J.
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Originally Posted by
Bruno58
Yes that where you need to go:)
J.
website is confusing me.
there doesnt seem to be an office locator.
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I fought my benefit for months and basically it was a waste of time and energy. I have letters from my GP, filled in the forms, had a home visit, went to tribunal and won but still no money.
I have written to David Cameron and told him that the system doesn't work. And in fact the stress they have caused me has a tendancy to make me sick again.
I really hope you get somewhere and please don't think I am being nasty here but I really wouldn 't get your hopes up.
They have driven me absolutely nuts with their incompetance and rudeness and lack of understanding.
But now I have a new form to start the process again as you are reviewed yearly - almost laughable!!!!!
Good luck x
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anybody
website is confusing me.
there doesnt seem to be an office locator.
Which area are you in? not being nosey but I'll try and find your local office, I assume its Dumfries.
J.
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Originally Posted by
ditzygirl
I fought my benefit for months and basically it was a waste of time and energy. I have letters from my GP, filled in the forms, had a home visit, went to tribunal and won but still no money.
But now I have a new form to start the process again as you are reviewed yearly - almost laughable!!!!!
Good luck x
thanks.
no money? whilst you wait for decision, didnt they give you an assessment rate? even on appeal stage, they pay you, is my understanding.
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No, absolutely sod all, I am totally dependant on my partner. But with no money I can't go out, buy little thinks to boost my confidence, I don't even have any clothes for an Interview even if I could attend one.
It is a total nightmare and has really set me back. I spend a serious amount of time in tears from frustration. I have asked for a return to work programme but there is absolutley nothing available to me.
I worked and paid my taxes for 25 years before getting sick but apparently I haven't paid enough contributions. I wont even get onmy soap box here coz I will offend someone.
I am considering seeing my local MP because this system is a disgrace and must be costing a fortune coz no one know what they are doing or why.
We struggle financially believe me, there are no treats here.
Sorry to sound so sour about it, I truely wish you all the best with getting your money.
Dx
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Originally Posted by
ditzygirl
I fought my benefit for months and basically it was a waste of time and energy. I have letters from my GP, filled in the forms, had a home visit, went to tribunal and won but still no money.
I have written to David Cameron and told him that the system doesn't work. And in fact the stress they have caused me has a tendancy to make me sick again.
I really hope you get somewhere and please don't think I am being nasty here but I really wouldn 't get your hopes up.
They have driven me absolutely nuts with their incompetance and rudeness and lack of understanding.
But now I have a new form to start the process again as you are reviewed yearly - almost laughable!!!!!
Good luck x
Hi, yes I understand what you are saying, you can do everything possible and still find you've lost, I have also written to Cameron and repeated myself a number of times but he just doesn't listen, (I suspect he is locked in the 'Rubber Room' at No'10 most of the time and we only see a double out and about spouting nonsense) none of these people do, we still need to keep on trying though, I've looked at all sorts of videos on Youtube, read articles in the news...heard about Proffessor this and Proffessor that...latest was Prof. Harrington..he is "staggered and shocked" at his findings re: ATOS, will anything change because of his report? I very much doubt it.
I'm constructing another letter to our 'Dave'..this time it will contain references to his speech at the conference yesterday, I will try to bait him this time, I'm going to DEMAND a face to face meeting when I will ask him why he can allow a system which cuts off my only means of support which I use to care for my teminally ill wife...
J.
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Originally Posted by
ditzygirl
I fought my benefit for months and basically it was a waste of time and energy. I have letters from my GP, filled in the forms, had a home visit, went to tribunal and won but still no money.
Good luck x
Find a solicitor and take all your documents and explain your situation.
I have in the past used solicitors to recover money owed to me by the state.
J.
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thanks.
went to CAB last week. Didnt get the best person to advise me (seen him in past).
He said the jobcentre CAN ask me to do the questionnaire and medical again, and dont have to explain to me.
he said if the new medical fails, and i appeal, there will be TWO appeals ongoing.
I asked him who are welfare rights: he said "Free Representation Unit"....i told him i phoned Community Legal Service who
put me through to a solicitor, who has been calling me all the time, to help me (more about this in a second).
CAB guy told me to forget taking the ATOS complaint any higher .
Also said he thinks i wont have to go for a medical again, and that after they recieve my
questionnaire ill be taken off assessment rate and put into proper esa position.
Also said DLA is only for people with Physical problems, NOT mental health troubles.
So phoned Community Legal Service last week, they said i qualify for legal aid, and put me in touch with a solicitor.
Solicitor kept calling me, strange i thought, as im not even paying for it, im thinking who is paying him?
Also when i told CAB about this solicitor and Community legal service, he laughed, saying DONT deal with him, as they
will charge you money, and told me to cut him off and dont continue to speak to them or meet them. Now im worried.
So the solicitor calls me twice again today.
I ask him, will this cost me anything? he says it shouldnt, as im on ESA, and he asked me some questions.
So he says he can advise me on my ESA appeal. I then explain all the situation.
He agrees with the CAB guy, and says yes, just fill in the new questionnaire and go to the 2nd medical.
He goes through the scoring for the face to face medical with me, scoring me points, kinda like a mock medical,
and says at end i should score 15 definately, according to the scoring sheets.
He says apply for DLA, the lower rate for care, after he asked me some more questions.
He says he will send me some documents which would make me eligable for legal aid or something like that, that i
think i need to sign and send to him.
It was a very helpful phonecall and he gave me good advice i thought.......
but im not sure about what hes gonna send me and how further i should use this solicitor.
The solicitor just said he can help with appeal, and if the new medical fails me, he can help with that, send letters on
my behalf to DWP and deal with my doctor/therapist, collect info for me, etc.....
So that is my current position.
I just need to do the questionnaire again and send it in before the deadline.
any thoughts/advice, would be very helpful.
thankyou
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I say really well done you for getting so far with everything :yesyes:
I'm not sure about the CAB guy as I was told by my benefits adviser (through my mental health service) that if you're bad enough you CAN get DLA - but that was a year and a half ago, not sure if things have changed (not sure why they would, but you never know).
The solicitor sounds very helpful so far, I think I'd just make absolutely sure with him that it's going to be a free service for you ('shouldn't' doesn't sound clear enough to me).
Please keep us up-to-date, and again really well done :yesyes:
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Hi anybody
Here's a link to DLA
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTax...le/DG_10018702
You will need to fill a form in, its always worth trying.
CAB guy is probably correct saying don't bother complaining to ATOS.
I have had 3 solicitors working for me in the past 20 years, the first recovered some money I was owed by the Benefits agency, there was no charge for this service, However, at one meeting the solicitor asked why I was claiming in the first place..so I told him, he continued to work for me under Legal Aid and I did not have to pay him any money after he stopped, except for the sum of £70 to file an affidavit ( a sworn statement).
I would give you this advice...do not under any circumstances sign ANY document..especially a blank sheet of paper:winks:...at the request of the solicitor unless what you are signing is clear to you, if it is not clear but you would like to sign then ask someone like the CAB first, the solicitor would have to agree for you to take a copy, I am slightly concerened that this soilicitor keeps calling, I do know that he would still make money regardless of the outcome for you, a Legal Aid form would need to be completed first.
Please ask if you are unsure about any of the above and I will try to assist you further.
EDit, sorry I got slightly mixed up, its a little confusing, not sure I've missed something, I'll read again from the start.
J.
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Have I this correct...
Failed to pass the medical in May 2011 so you appeal, this is not yet resolved.
You are required to fill the same form in again and possibly attend another medical, no reason given for this and you can't ask why.
You could have two appeals going at the same time...NO!
CAB man is not best person to deal with...(I suspect some of his advice is incorrect)
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Hold off any contact with the solicitor for now.
Apply online at the link above for DLA form.
Write to the Jobcentre for a progress report on your original appeal.
J.
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ATOS is a private company paid by the ConDem designed to get ill people off illness related benefits and on to a lower benefit which they can stop completely after a set period. They use non medically trained people to assess us (not even GP level) they are just low grade nurses, physiotherapists etc. These people are bias but seem to be given power that can over rule our GP or consultants. Welcome to the world of the Tory government. I think they want us to kill ourselves then they won't have to pay us any money.
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thanks bruno
yes, appeal not resolved, decision not revised, now back to square one, filling in questionnaire and looking at going for another medical, no reason given, i asked for
a statement of reasons why this is happening, have recieved nothing.
yes, i havnt signed anything from solicitor yet, or recieved anything from them.
im not even sure i want a solicitor, im fine with appealing myself and just dealing
with it.
ill check out DLA once ive done this ESA questionnaire. Sigh. Feel so depressed now
as im starting it.