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Atos reply letter

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Milly19
Milly19

Had a reply letter from my compliant letter to Atos and they have had a medical expert thingy look at it an THEY MADE A MISTAKE,,,,yippeeee...so now it's all down to tribunal day but they have said 3 deceptiors are missing,1 for daily living and both mobility ones.so looks like I will be reinstated to full rate after tribunal.keep your fingers crossed( if you can) for me and every fellow Atos victims...x

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  • Boqer
    Boqer Milly19

    Posted

    Well done Milly, all the best to you! 😊
  • kaz_40
    kaz_40 Milly19

    Posted

    All the best to you milly have fingers crossed for yousmile
  • smc187
    smc187 Milly19

    Posted

    That's brill I got some good news today too. My cognitive behavioural therapy starts on Tuesday maybe someone will be the 3rd to have good news.

    Gd luck fingers gently crossed 😘X

  • deb97936
    deb97936 Milly19

    Posted

    Wow...all the best Milly19, I hope your on the right now!!   I personally loathe the Atos involvment in anything and any area.  They are only a typical Insurance company there to manage business, to make money.
    • trisha87499
      trisha87499 deb97936

      Posted

      Totally agree Deb, I'm so sick of having to go through this debacle of a puppet show 
  • gill50535
    gill50535 Milly19

    Posted

    Excellent news milly, you keep up the fight. keeping everything crossed for you. 

     Gill

     xxx

  • trisha87499
    trisha87499 Milly19

    Posted

    I have atos tribunal on the 2nd of March, and fibromyalgia is in my opinion overlooked, so any advice on how to emphasise the depth of this horrible illness would be helpful!!!  Anybody help 😒
    • deb97936
      deb97936 trisha87499

      Posted

      What triggered your Fibro Trisha, if you don't mind my asking.

      I have a reason for asking...

    • deb97936
      deb97936 trisha87499

      Posted

      Oh you poor thing! .... Well producing any and ALL Reports from Doc's and Specialists who have 'somewhere alluded OR stated' in ANY of your reports descriptions of what you suffer with since your Stroke or Gallbladder, (which ever symptoms came about after your first experience, be it the Stroke or the Gall bladder op?)

      Re Timing...   If you have had your symptoms ongoing and basically unrelenting for 2 years plus, it is obvious that 'a miracle cure' isn't in the wind!...  Well not yet anyway.

      SO, what these people have to do is justify 'with what ever evidence they can muster'...to counter claim against yours.  

      You have proof (?) of your suffering a Stroke and Gallbladder Op

      You have Zero to NO evidence that prior to your Stroke or Gallbladder issues prior to Gallbladder playing up, you never had Fibro symptoms ever before.  As there would be no doc records or specialist reports documenting such symptoms.

      You have proof (?) of your condition

      You have proof (?) of the duration of suffering prior to Diagnostic of Fibro

      You have proof (?) of the duration of suffering after the Diagnostic of Fibro

      You are there PROVING to the Panel that YOU are still suffering the symptoms of Fibromyalgia and they vary daily, but some issues..(here you write your own list of issues you put up with) but an example could be,  'pain/stiffness/headaches and balance remain 24/7, sleep issues, insomnia/fatigue etc....'

      AND the associated disabilities are..   Your not able to complete (again your list) eg, housework, gardening and simple tasks.  Showering or bathing issues, mobility, processing speed, weakness of hands dressing, buttons.  Bending over, sitting or standing issues....

      You can write your own list of disabilities, and symptoms, above is just an example.

      Do you have to supply any documentation to support your claim?  Can you?   Can you also write in your own words a statement to support what you would like to get across to the Panel, incase you are not able to Mentally Process in good time all that you need to say and convey to support your claim..?   

      I would suggest writing your own statement, keeping to bullet points and a brief exerpt outlinning each point.

      This way it can help prompt you, incase you forget some things...

       

    • deb97936
      deb97936

      Posted

      Sorry if I have barked up the wrong tree... but that is basically what we have to do here in NZ....with ANY Reviews...be it with our ACC or our WINZ Medical Review Board.

      It may help if you have an advocate full conversant in what is required and how to managed your claim.  Your still involved of course, but the advocate will have good knowledge of what info is required and how to prepare  your case and evidence.  You no-doubt will be asked to answer their questions directly...that they the Panel will have.

      I assume your Review meetings are the same or similar..?

    • deb97936
      deb97936

      Posted

      I must away to bed right now..  I am tired like..and I have to try to get some sleep.  I have to be down the road to meet my daughter and grandson off the bus about 9.30am....   Mornings are not good for me normally...

      All the best going forward...catch up again later.. nite  

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