Hello,

Has anybody yet got any idea of what size box is considered in the 'limited capability for work assessment' for ESA, descriptor 5C? Customers who have had the misfortune to injure one arm or hand have fewer choices under the new test questions as there are now fewer tests which apply if they cannot do something on one side only but not the other. I would hope to be able to argue that if the box is sufficiently large in the first place to normally require both hands then it is going to be quite a size and that if someone has pain or restriction in one arm or hand then they should be treated as not capable of performing this task.

Is there any guidance on this or are we going to have to wait for an Upper Tribunal judge to decree exactly how much cardboard is involved in this test?

I've been assuming (because of the use of the word "bulky" in the descriptor) that it is a (roughly) standard 2 foot cubed box such as that used to convey boxes of, say cornflakes, from factory to supermarket, although I have no authority for that.

This is clearly intended to be a box too big to manage one-handed (and I don't think that includes putting your hand into the open top). The box is only an example - the descriptor makes it clear that this is something that does need two hands but is not heavy. Maybe think of something else - one of those giant fitness balls you get in a gym, or a box with a couple of pillows or a lightweight duvet in it.