Medical scored no points

what do i do now? it said to appeal i contacted them this morning by phone and asked for copy of medical. i have fibrimyalga, recent spinal fusion depression ME I receive ongoing treatment at hospital for all these conditions and am on 32 tablets a day with weekly incontinence due to operation sometime bedridden for weeks at a time but still scored 0 points my benefit was stopped and they say they recognise i have a disability but am fully capable of work /?

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pete17971
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As soon as they received my written wish to appeal, the ESA was started again.
Best wishes,
Rachel

jennifer wrote:

what do i do now? it said to appeal i contacted them this morning by phone and asked for copy of medical. i have fibrimyalga, recent spinal fusion depression ME I receive ongoing treatment at hospital for all these conditions and am on 32 tablets a day with weekly incontinence due to operation sometime bedridden for weeks at a time but still scored 0 points my benefit was stopped and they say they recognise i have a disability but am fully capable of work /?

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pete17971
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Can you let us know what benefit you are trying to claim please, Incapacity Benefit, Income Support or Employment and Support Allowance?

Thanks

Pete

I have been on dla for 6 years high rate mobility and care in april i was told to apply for esa as my condition got worse on the 6th of october i had a medical after waiting in reception for an hour and a half ... the medical bad it left me in tears with the pain in my back, my mum was with me and sat through the whole hour, today i got results from medical which states they agree i have a disability but i score no points and all benefits have been stopped as from today ?jen

thank you i will apply to appeal although i am a bit confused

Hi Jen,
Go to appeal, you may have to wait but you will go in front of a judge with more common sense in his / her little finger than all that ATOS lot put together. Remember they have a financial incentive to fail you and on appeal 40% of cases are found in favour of the claimant.
When this migration from IB starts to ESA they will be failing most people that they look at so the cost to the tax payer is going to be massive to cover the cost of appeals.
If as the Tory party keep saying they are fair then they should save the tax payers money by telling ATOS that if they get the medical wrong over say 10% of the time then they ATOS will foot the bill.
That way genuine sickness would score points and not 0 points as they do at present.
Better still why not use ATOS to look at MPs ability then when they score 0 we can be rid of most of them.
Keep fighting Jen they want you to give up to save them money.
Tom