WCA Sch 9 Mental Health

I represented at a UC WCA Tribunal where the DWP had accepted that the client had LCW because Sch8(4) applied (he scored only 6 points under the Sch 6 descriptors)

This case is particularly shocking to me because the doctor who carried out the WCA said of my client in her summary that

“.he would be able to do some appropriately tailored work related activity because he has never attempted suicide”

The DM reiterated all that in the MR

I wrote a very strongly worded submission arguing that Sch 7Descriptor 14 applied and in the alternative Sch 9(4) applied in addition to Sch8(4).

The Tribunal has thankfully accepted both my arguments and determined that my client has LCWA and also recommended that he is not re-assessed.

I have attached redacted copies of the Tribunal decision notice along with the HCP’s summary and the MR so you can see this in context, but what I am asking is whether it would be worthwhile ( with my client’s consent ) making a complaint about the trite remarks by the HCP and the DM which imply that work related activity is good for claimants unless they try to kill themselves