A little help required for DLA

Hi,

I suffer from Chronic cluster headaches along with sever depression and anxiety. I am in the support group for ESA even though I scored 0 points in my medical in Jan this year.

I have however applied for DLA but been refused on all of it using my medical for ESA as well as medical opinion??

I have very supportive letters from my gp and also my neurologist.

I want to appeal the decision but am unsure how to word the letter as it cant be right to use the medical for esa for dla??

my first application for esa I failed the medical but won on appeal as they do not understand my condition.

Is it right that they can use the medical?

Thanks in advance

Hi jonny, I don't know much about DLA but I do know people who get it because they can not go out anywhere on their own.

Someone may shed some light on this for you in a bit.

Best wishes,
Rachel

Thanks Gordon, To clarify, my original esa was refused with 0 points at the medical, this went to tribunal and I won and was placed in the wrag. My recent medical in January of this year was for my esa renewal and I scored 0 points again but was placed into the support group by a decision maker as far as I am aware.

So the recent medical was not overturned by appeal but I am guessing by a dwp decision maker.

Do you think i could still argue that it was a flawed medical?

Thanks again for your help

Hi, from my personal experience.

I had to finish work due to my deterioration in health - even though I had my ESA medical 1 month after finishing work they placed me in the work related grp - I never appealed - at the time i did not know what it meant (benefits are a whole new world for me).

I applied for DLA and was refused point blank without a medical - even though I had supporting letters from my doctor, neurologist, physiologist, dermatologist and rheumatologist.

I am now waiting for a DLA tribunal oral hearing - sorry to the bearer of bad news - it seem to be the luck of the draw getting a sympathetic doctor