How accurate are estimated ESA appeal dates?

With the longer waiting time for an appeal to be heard shows that we are not sitting back and accepting an initial decision.
I appreciate that it can be frustrating when looking many months down the line but the wait will be worth it for a positive outcome.
Do not sit back and accept than I can not receive a benefit due. Use this site and any other tools you have to fight if you think you are right.

My appeal tribunal was almost a year to the day i appealed.They said it would be 4 months initialy. Don't just sit back and wait, gather all the evidence relating to your claim, you will need it.

hi in mid wales welshpool area DLA waiting times are 6 to 8 months but just remember do all your homework and show the tribunal you are in the right the longer you wait the sweeter it is when winning good luck peter

Hi,

I put my appeal in in January....I was told that it wouldn't be heard before October due to high volume etc etc....but a few weeks later I had a date through for the end of June. So in my case it wasn't accurate at all.

Hope that helps.

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Thanks, Zombii. The more replies I get, the more chaotic it all seems! Hearings can be many months later OR many months earlier than predicted. One thought: Did you tick the "can attend at short notice" box?