Hi,
My husband received the ESA50 form in early October. Filled it out as best he could at the time - couldn't give upcomming appointments as they are done ad hock rather than booking in advance and sent it off stating further information was awaiting from consultants as regards to steroid infusions and further physiotherapy sessions. My husband has Ankylosing spondylitis, fibromyalgia, chostochondroitis and sinovitis. None of which are being controlled by pain management to which one consultant wants to have him referred to a specialist centre over 100 miles away.
Today he received a letter stating that as of January 2013 he will be switched onto ESA and income support and incapacity benefit will cease. Towards the bottom of the letter it states that he has been placed in the WRAG. So is my understanding correct from what i have read upon these threads =
As he attends IV steroid infusions this automatically places him in the catagory for Support group and if this is not the case can someone advise on how to move forward with an appeal as we have not been in this situation before and in all honesty was expecting to go for the full on medical before a decision was made.
My husband received the ESA50 form in early October. Filled it out as best he could at the time - couldn't give upcomming appointments as they are done ad hock rather than booking in advance and sent it off stating further information was awaiting from consultants as regards to steroid infusions and further physiotherapy sessions. My husband has Ankylosing spondylitis, fibromyalgia, chostochondroitis and sinovitis. None of which are being controlled by pain management to which one consultant wants to have him referred to a specialist centre over 100 miles away.
Today he received a letter stating that as of January 2013 he will be switched onto ESA and income support and incapacity benefit will cease. Towards the bottom of the letter it states that he has been placed in the WRAG. So is my understanding correct from what i have read upon these threads =
As he attends IV steroid infusions this automatically places him in the catagory for Support group and if this is not the case can someone advise on how to move forward with an appeal as we have not been in this situation before and in all honesty was expecting to go for the full on medical before a decision was made.