Hi all,
Recently a friend won an appeal against an Atos decision which awarded him 0 pts.
The appeal was successful in that his benefit was reinstated, however, he didn't know the difference between work related and support elements and is a bit confused as to why he's being asked to attend these back to work meetings when he can just about stand up without experiencing excruciating pain. The woman hosting the session even asked him to leave as it was apparent how much pain he was in.
He's now also receiving letters saying that his benefit is effected by the new caps coming into place and it's only really clear now that he's on the "wrong" benefit.
What is the process for him to get either the support element of ESA or DLA, without risking his current benefit? I. E. He doesn't want to apply for something, get it rejected and them have nothing.
Neither of us know a lot about how this works and I'm trying my best to research for him.
Regards,
Z
Recently a friend won an appeal against an Atos decision which awarded him 0 pts.
The appeal was successful in that his benefit was reinstated, however, he didn't know the difference between work related and support elements and is a bit confused as to why he's being asked to attend these back to work meetings when he can just about stand up without experiencing excruciating pain. The woman hosting the session even asked him to leave as it was apparent how much pain he was in.
He's now also receiving letters saying that his benefit is effected by the new caps coming into place and it's only really clear now that he's on the "wrong" benefit.
What is the process for him to get either the support element of ESA or DLA, without risking his current benefit? I. E. He doesn't want to apply for something, get it rejected and them have nothing.
Neither of us know a lot about how this works and I'm trying my best to research for him.
Regards,
Z