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ESA and premiums
Sorry if this is a daft question but if my client who is receiving contributory ESA then gets awarded DLA and becomes entitled to the Severe Disabilit | Sam Warburton | 12-Jun-09 01:54 PM
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ESA and permitted work
I have a client who is currently in an appeal situation in relation to a permitted work issue (she works 4 hours a week). Her health condition has sig | dab | 08-Jun-09 09:19 PM
by ariadne2 | 1 | 462 |
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CIB 3788 2008
Not only a funny UTdecision but also a good indicator of the holes in our judicial system when even the Judge misses the obvious reg 10 exemption... : | Dan_manville | 05-Jun-09 04:45 PM
by shawn | 1 | 478 |
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Incapacity benefit medical reports
We have an IB Appeal tribunal coming up where PCA was last April and the decision to disallow was made Jan 09 some 9 months later. Is there something | higginsa | 04-Jun-09 07:51 PM
by ariadne2 | 3 | 696 |
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deductions to third parties
I have a vulnerable client who is being threatened with eviction for rent arrears. Housing Benefit will not pay his full rent because incapacity bene | nick nicolson | 04-Jun-09 08:33 AM
by Neil Bateman | 7 | 573 |
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Incapacity benefit and new claim for income support
52 year old man, who is registered blind and on long term (non means tested) incapacity benefit of £96 per week, lives alone and only other income is | Nicola Wallace | 03-Jun-09 08:02 PM
by Nicola Wallace | 2 | 505 |
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ESA and JSA for couples
I have been looking at CPAG and Disability Rights Handbook about eligibility for IB ESA and IB JSA . ESA can be claimed if ' they are not entitled t | bma | 03-Jun-09 10:25 AM
by bma | 2 | 495 |
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Walking test
In both DLA and Incap appeals we regularly have tribunals using the "walking around supermarkets" as evidence that the claimants can walk furthe | mike shermer | 03-Jun-09 10:18 AM
by shawn | 11 | 726 |
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ESA while appealing WCA decision - Sick Lines?
I saw a client on Friday who has already appealed the decision that she's not entitled to ESA. She's on the assessment phase rate and has to supply si | seand | 01-Jun-09 04:03 PM
by wwr | 5 | 1019 |
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Lack of duty of care in ESA decision letters
Our ESA appeals are just starting to drift in..
Not sure if it is just our area, but I've had a couple of clients who have been assessed as not hav | stevegale | 29-May-09 12:21 PM | 0 | 473 |
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Incap Appeal - M.E.
For those struggling with M.E. and the PCA, we have just won an interesting Incap appeal where client has M.E.
The Tribunal decided that she d | mike shermer | 29-May-09 10:02 AM
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Incapacity benefit exempt conditions
I have an appeal where my client suffers from anxiety to the extent that she has been referred by her GP for neuropsychological assessments, one befor | Hagbard Celine | 28-May-09 07:31 PM
by ariadne2 | 1 | 458 |
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Periods of incapicity - linking rules - pre-5 October 98 rules?
Bit of a rum one this.
Need to find out the linking rules for periods of incapacity that operated pre 5/10/98 for the purposes of calculating the d | past caring 2 | 28-May-09 07:19 PM
by ariadne2 | 3 | 298 |
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ESA - WCA 59 WHEN FIRST CLAIMED NOW 60
WCA FOR 60 YEAR OLD ALZHEIMERS SUFFERER
Wed 27-May-09 08:36 PM
I have been assisting a couple post Mr being 60 - Mr was deemed unfit for work and | dsch | 28-May-09 07:16 PM
by ariadne2 | 1 | 390 |
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IB PCA Appeal & claiming ESA while awaiting appeal
Have a client who has been refused Incapacity Benefit which he had been on for a few years, he has appealed the decision and has now come to us for as | Reg R | 28-May-09 04:41 PM | 0 | 353 |
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ESA transitional provisions
just had a long discussion with the claims centre about the ESA transitional provisions.
Claim ant used to receive income support on the grounds of | jimt | 27-May-09 10:52 AM
by nevip | 3 | 449 |
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ICB Age Additions(premiums)
Sorry but 6 weeks on I have just notced that the age additions for ICb were actually reduced in April rather than go up as usual
does nyone know th | northwiltshire | 27-May-09 09:22 AM
by Al Franco | 3 | 419 |
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IB appeal pending - client to RRIS, JSA or ESA!
Hi,
Im looking for some advice - we've had a number of clients who have been taken off incap after their pca and as usual we have advised them to c | adviceshop | 26-May-09 01:26 PM
by Steph | 5 | 791 |
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Direct lines for ESA/Complaints
Hi there
Anyone have direct line numbers for Hackney ESA and Ilford ESA? The job centres just tell me to call the main number which you cannot get | jom | 26-May-09 12:25 PM
by Suz | 5 | 1045 |
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ESA assessments
I was wondering whether anywhere else is having delays in claimants being called for their ESA assessments. I've spoken to our local council, and the | jaykay | 26-May-09 10:26 AM
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stairs descriptor
according to the DWP CIB/88/97 held that walking up and down stairs is not a continuous process and in normal life people go upstairs for a purpose an | southwestlaw2 | 22-May-09 02:23 PM
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Failure to consider previous papers
I have an appeal to Commissioner. Client failed a PCA in 2003 but following an appeal was awarded Incapacity Benefit.
He again appealed a decision | craigavon | 21-May-09 11:29 AM
by nevip | 1 | 386 |
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Incapacity Benefit Appeal
We have had a couple of instances of losing Incap appeals with clients who suffer with Plantar Fasciitis, which we are reliably informed is a pai | mike shermer | 20-May-09 03:39 PM | 0 | 366 |
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ESA for Polish national
I'm re-posting this as the original thread didn't really take off and the client may be coming out of hospital soon, so I need to get my head round it | BrianSmith | 20-May-09 08:17 AM
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ESA and full time students
Wonder if anyone can clarify this for me - I'm sure it's straightforward(!). If an existing full time disabled student in receipt of IS or IB is reass | alexjose | 14-May-09 02:56 PM
by alexjose | 3 | 503 |
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Incapacity in youth - appeal
I am assisting a young person who suffers with various phobia's, one of which prevented her from attending a re-education and reintegration unit (that | jom | 14-May-09 09:17 AM | 0 | 303 |
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Chippenham BDC
Has anyone got a phone number for their Appeals Team please? | andyp4 | 13-May-09 12:15 PM
by northwiltshire | 13 | 1186 |
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ESA appeals
Hello
We were wondering if people could share their experiences of ESA. We don't appear to have received the increased number of enquiries or appe | dbcwru | 10-May-09 06:45 PM
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ESA and Self Employed
Hi guys, looking for a bit advice.
I have a client who is self employed and has suffered an accident resulting him being signed off by his GP for 4 | adviceshop | 07-May-09 09:03 AM
by wwr | 1 | 370 |
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Can Incapacity Benefit be topped up with Income Based ESA
At the risk of sounding stupid I recently helped a client to claim Income Support over the phone. The client has been in receipt of IB and DLA MRC for | thomasfinfit | 01-May-09 01:49 PM
by thomasfinfit | 4 | 660 |
Incapacity related benefits
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