Question about Disability Benefit

When I got back home yesterday a letter from DWP was waiting for me.

I have been granted ESA for limited capability, thats a very good result as I havn't had to fight for it like so many others. That means so far I have manged to get both ESA and DLA without a fight. Hope you all get your claims sorted out soon.

Regards Tony

Really good news and well done! Gives the rest of us some hope that someone makes the right decisions.

Take care

Lyn

Good news Tony. Have you been placed in the work related activities group or support group?

Lyn, I will check what welfare help is available locally. I have had a few gremlins in my computer which may now have gone.

My bus pass arrived yesterday so I went out and had an enjoyable afternoon at a cornish harbour. Watching the seaguls harrassing people eating fish 'n chips and pasties.

Janner

I am in the work related group, didn't quite make the support group. If you scoll down to the other page I started ATOS medical [no one replied to it] you will see how well it went for me.

Regards Tony

forget last about scrolling didn't post it there, don't know where I put it.

Tony

can't remember where I posted it so will put it here. When I had my ATOS medical I saw a real doctor and she was very helpful, she fully understood my condition and the limitations it caused. She ask all the questions expected but was paying full attention to me and not the computer. She gave me a proper medical and confirmed my problems, they are not allowed to give you the result but she did say she didn't think I would quite make the support group. She was without doubt a true professional, most likely the only one Atos have got if everyone else's experience is to go by.

Regards Tony

I saw an otter,it came so close to me that I could have touched it!! And I saw a \"Marsh Harrier\" which is a pretty rare bird, and the weather was fantastic, and the fishing was good - what more could a man ask for?

But I'm back to reality now. There was no brown enevelope on my door mat from the Appeal Tribunal, that I was expecting so I have no idea as to what is going on now.

It seems to me from what I've been hearing from our new Goverment that they're starting to put the boot in to us lowly people - we're right at the firing line - easy targets for a good hiding you could say - how dare we be ill, and not like other people - what good are we to society?

I'm getting really worried about this new Goverment, and cannot understand why the liberal party would give their backing to such horrendous polices - it can only bring the downfall of this party in the long term, or it maybe the short term!!! Dick Clegg is commiting political suicide. What moronic people these people are, cant they see what lies in the future for them - Is 15 minutes of glory worth it to Dick Clegg?

I fear for us sick people under this regime - God help us all.

Alan D The fight will go on!!!

SES Why have you started your own page? I thought that we were doing all right on this page - we dont want to branch off, we need to keep together.

Welcome back and glad you enjoyed your holiday. You may have noticed a few changes to our postings since you got back, but we seem to be back to normal now. Glad to see you are still in fighting mode, keep it up.

Regards Tony

Welcome back! Sounds like you had a really great time. We could all do with a holiday.

SES probably started new page as many of ours were locked, long story and all sorted now.

We also have new Total madness page as we all keep stealing peoples pages for our madness.

Take care

Lyn

Welcome back to reality. Yes that bunch of morons calling themselves a coalition government are really going to put the boot in. As for Nick Clegg, he has grabbed the chance of a bit of power but from what I've been hearing his grassroots supporters are not happy. The Liberal Democrats are a seperate party from the real Liberals. Apart from the coalition during WW2 there has not been a liberal government since David LLoyd-George.

Personally I cannot see the coalition lasting a full term, but in the meantime they intend to hit the disabled as hard as they can. I believe that King Edward II was known as the hammer of the Scots, David Cameron will now be known as the hammer of the disabled.

Whenever governments or councils look to save money it is always the poor that suffer the most, councillors and MP's will look after themselves.

We have formed a new group following some nasty problems, you can only be invited into the group if you are a member of this forum. As you only post as a guest at present please can you consider registering as a member.

Watch out for a letter from the DWP, I expect they have a place for you on a deep sea kipper trawler.

By the way, how many fish did you catch and how many times did you fall in the river?

:cheers:

Janner

I spoke to my GP about the battering the disabled are going to get. He said that the 'Real' disabled like myself will be safe for a while. He believes that GPs are going to be asked to re-assess the people that are claiming for depression first and the emphasis is on those that take Prozac and watch Jerry Springer all day! He thinks that these are the people that will lose any disability benefits first and will be forced onto JSA? Depression is the first thing they will identify!

He also said that I should be safe for now as my disability is real and can be proved as debilitating but how long I am safe for is unknown. I was told not to worry too much for now as the 'Prozac' people will take a long time to wheedle out but they are dealing with thousands every week.

Hopefully, the self inflicted ie: alcoholics and drug users will be next? Don't mean to undermine these people but it makes me angry that alcoholics receive extra money which they p**s up the wall and we have to fight tooth and nail for our rights! I have worked since I was 16 and worked when my children were small and I was a single mum and have never really claimed benefits before. I had top ups when the kids were little as I couldn't earn enough to support us. Help with childcare was not available back then. Now I am crippled with this bloody condition, I live below the bloody breadline and am bloody fed up with the whole system. If I started shoving needles into my arm, I may get treated a little better. People who have never paid into the system are claiming the money that I paid into the system? Where's the fairness in that?

Anyway, not feeling very well today, joints swollen and painful, stiff neck and numb hands and arms! On top of all this, I have a viral infection which had upset my stomach and brought me out in a very itchy rash all over my body! I am sick of the whole thing and DLA and DWP are really pi*?*ng me off!

Righto then, rant over and back to putting up and shutting up

May post tomorrow in a better mood

Take care and think on about the needle in the arm thing, maybe we will all get our dues if we take up this hobby.

Regards

Lyn

You are quite right, druggies and alkies get all the help they need. People who claim to have depression, although I know some are genuine, can easily fool the docs. Likewise some who claim to get panic attacks. I know of one chap in his 30's who admits to faking panic attacks and has fooled all the docs, even those from planet ATOS. The only time he has a panic attack is when is told to get a job.

I think in the end only those with the most serious and obvious disabilities will be left alone. The rest will be forced onto JSA, not because they are fit to work but just to save on the benefit bill. Everybody knows that there is not enough work for the able bodied let alone those who are sick and disabled, many thousands more will join the dole queues in the coming months. Where are all the jobs to come from?

Gotta go, back Tomorrow.

Janner

I've just read a very interesting teletxt:

It reads as follows:

GP Practices are set to be handed responsibility for most Health Services... Health Secretary Andrew Lensley believes GP's are best placed to understand patients needs...

Are they having a laugh? If they believe this, then why is it that they seem to only accept what their provided Doctors reports have to say when it comes to claiming DLA over the claimants GP?

I still haven't heard from the Upper Appeal - I wonder what's taking them so long? I really hope that their getting a little bit worried about me!!!

Because I will proceed with a court case against them, make no mistake about that. I'm ready for them!!

It will be 2 years in September when I made my claim - I believe that you have to wait 2 years before you can make another claim - does anybody know this?

As soon as September comes I will put in another claim to start the whole procedure off again. I will never give up.

Regards to you all Alan

I was told by Disability Rights that you only have to wait 3 months from losing an Appeal to making a new claim!

I lost my Appeal in December last year and now have another claim in which I sent in June. I would have made a new one earlier but was waiting for test results.

I was also told that they rarely check whether you have been turned down previously? You're best not saying on your new form that you were turned down or if you went to appeal.

A GP told me recently that they have been asked by the Government to re-assess patients with depression ie: the prozac users and those that get through will be seen by DWP Doctors. Read my post on this page, 6th July!

If you are going to make another claim, do it as soon as you can rather than wait but I am not sure whether waiting for the Upper Tribunal will make a difference. If you win your case with them and they decide your Appeal was unfair, then you win your next Appeal, they will have to backdate your claim from the date you applied so you won't need to reclaim anyway!

Keep us informed

Regards

Lyn

If your symptoms increase or you have other problems then you can re apply more.... but then it get confusing as they call it a supersession..... I have reapplied and still I am not giving up..... as my dx has changed you see, anyway I was also told I should go to CAB and get them to fill in the form for me..... another thing is it is all to do with the words used I am told as my dad is disabled and when he phoned DLA several years ago the representative told him it is how you express your words on the form???

Anyway I am still waiting for my appeal to come through and what decision they have come too, here is the example I wrote on my appeal and they are actually looking at my claim again...... this is just one example I have got my hubby to type a letter to them....

[quote:0775a136bc]Moving about indoors -

Through the day due to my hip I have help getting up the stairs as it is extremely painful in my left hip walking up stairs, my spine and shoulders are in constant pain, I do require to move to suitable accommodation but are unable to due to financial restrictions. I have help getting up from the chair as again this is due to chronic pain in hip and spine, and due to continuous pain and weakness in shoulders which leads through to hands as they go numb again I do not have the full strength to get up from a chair, so again help is needed through the day indoors. My hip/spine locks and again I get help from daughter or husband this again is on a day to day basis. I cannot sit too long as getting up from a chair is difficult and need help, I cannot stand too long due to pain in hip and so continuously I need help due to the pain and weakness.

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So on this one example I am hoping they take seriously my difficulties, as it really annoys me that Alchos get an allowance for abusing their Liver and yet as I am disabled you have to fight to make your life easier!!!!! The government should cut down on those hand outs and let them go cold turkey instead genuine vunrable people have to fight what they are entitled to....

Thanks for listening, that is my moan for the day....

Good luck everyone x