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After nearly a year I've finally been given a date for my disability living allowance tribunal. I have an adviser who helped me through the appeal coming with me as well as my mum, but I'm scared shitless. If they don't up the money I get then I really don't know what to do - I have so much riding on this. Also my review date is coming up and if they don't up it then i could lose it all together, and have to face another year of appeals, or having to undergo another ATOS assessment which was so gruelling and upsetting for PIP which i may not get either.
Im in a really bad place as it is. What do i do?
Im in a really bad place as it is. What do i do?
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From friends' experience, take a copy anyway.
You should make sure you get a written record of all of this, they are buggers for not writing things down so they can blame the disabled person for "not showing up". If possible, have someone with you when you make the call also making notes.
WTF do I do? Just go with the posibility of being turned away and have it rescheduled for a 3rd time? Its already been well over a year I've been waiting for a final answer on my case!
Sounds like a nightmare and it's such a shame that the Tribunal service do not have appropriate venues for hearings. You have had to wait such a long time for this.
How are you feeling about this now?
Has there been any progress?
can I just say Good luck to U,
May i give U some tips
-Stay carm and reaxed
- Allways good to right down ur nurvis the day before U go
- write down what U going to say or ask.
- smile too
Its also good to have someone like ur mum and advsior there to support U U be fine
You need to accept the decision and move on.
Really sorry to hear about the tribunal's decision - it must be difficult at the moment.
I think that Melian and Arctic Roll are correct in that you can only apply to tier 2 if there has been an error of law.
It may be that you need more specialist advice to identify an error of law. Turn2us have an adviser finder that you may like to try - http://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/
It may be that there are no grounds for challenge in relation to this decision, however, you may also like to seek advice about what other benefits you may be entitled to and so it may be worth speaking to an adviser about this too.
Hope things get better soon.
If you're referring to the Tribunal, it does say that in the letter you get inviting you to the hearing. Not in so many words, but it says you should get any additional evidence to them before the hearing. You can get evidence from anyone, although the panel will usually ignore anything not from a medical or disability professional. They will also ignore anything that doesn't specify the correct dates: people always forget they're dealing with how you were at the time, not how you are now. You also said at the top that you had sent the evidence on ahead.
If you're referring to when the decision maker made their decision, that is now irrelevant as the Tribunal have agreed that- at the time- you did not meet the criteria for DLA.
I just don't understand how I could have been when I was being assessed for a care plan which has now been out in place and not able to walk more than 100 meters without significant discomfort and needing to stop. They basically followed everything written by the atos doctor an ignored everything written by my GP. If I had been made aware that I could have said no to the atos dr and had my own GP conduct the medical I would have done.