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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ka-Mon" data-source="post: 163550" data-attributes="member: 27697">I had my ESA medical in June 2009, was told that I would get the results in about 6 weeks but when I heard nothing after 8 weeks I called them & was told that they had forgotten all about me. LolThey then told me that I should get it within the next two weeks but I did not hear from them until 14th of December telling me that I had failed the test & was fit enough to work & should report to Jobcentre. I went to the Job centre the next day, the lady at the reception took one look at me & told that I am not fit enough to work & can therefor not claim Jobseekers allowance, she told me to go & apply for ESA. So there I was stuck in the middle of the two, one says I am fit & the other tells me to go away.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> That same day I appealed against the ATOS decision & had to go through Cristmas time without any money until about the third week in January when they started paying me the reduced rate of ESA. I then waited about another 2 months or so then was again told that I was fit enough to go to work & should report to the job centre. This time though I did not bother & appealed again on the same day I received the letter from them. Sometime in July, I think?, I received a date for the Tribunal, mid September at 3pm. I was having a shower on that day about 11am when my wife walked & said that someone from the Tribunal called to tell me that with all my illnesses not to bother going to the Tribunal because it would be waste of my time & of course the Judges too. The Judge awarded me another 6 points & I won my case without having to travel all the way into the city.The thing with ATOS is that it doesn't matter how many illnesses you have they will always claim that you are "fit to work", unless you are mentally or terminally I'll. They've probably been ordered by the government to refuse ESA to everyone as default knowing that some people will be too scared or just will not want to go through the trouble of appealing so that the government can keep it's promise of getting most of the, what they call " lazy layabouts", back to work. ATOS didn't give a **** that I am diabetic & have another 8 non-diabetic Illnesses. As far as they were concerned if I could turn my wrists palm side up & down, climb on a couch, lift my hands shoulder high no matter with how much difficulty or pain I was fit enough to work. It's almost as if the Docs & nurses who work there are robots & not human beings. It took me around 15 months but I won my appeal & receive full ESA & got all the money they owed me. If you think you've got a case appeal & appeal again & let the Tribunal decide.</blockquote>

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