Pip ATOS report.

[1Hope]

Before I start. Very pleased I got my ATOS report fairly quickly- just over two weeks. Was afraid it would not come in time.

Can anyone help me out with some wording. On my ATOS report it says,

"In FH and occupational history ( she reads)".

And " in social and occupational history"

Also. Does the Decsion maker have the right to change the Health professional's choice of distance she felt I could walk, despite the HP was the one to see me walk at the f2f? Who has superiority?.

The DM has written in so many parts that I haven't reported any significant functional problems in the questionnaire and no,evidence to suggest otherwise

Then below that, " she states restriction" can anyone explain that?

And what does "no additional Current FME to support additional restrictions" mean.

What is MSE. Sorry this is so much to ask. Would really appreciate the help. X

[mmariaaaaaaaa]

Sorry can't help but urge you to contact Citizens Advice Bureau. Do you have a Support Worker? Is there a legal aid organisation in your area (the one near me lost funding thanks to the Tories!)

[TheAuthor]

Hi my friend,

I have pasted below a link to the ATOS / Government Revised WCA Handbook MED - ESAAR2011/2012HB~001 Unfortunately the handbook contains 255 pages! It will contain all of the answers that you are looking for / meaning of the abbreviations etc.

gov.uk/government/uploads/s...

I want to sincerely wish you all the best of luck my friend.

All my hopes and dreams for you

Ken

[Hidden]

F ME would be Further medical evidence. Decision maker cant change nothing. Stating restriction probably you limited to what you can do. Hope this helps 1hope. Marty

[Trikki]

Hi...Have you tried our link to the Benefits Advice? Hope they can help and sort out your dilemma very soon.....x

[plainsie]

The assessor of my ESA medical gave me 9 points and the decision maker took them away so I got 0.

[devils_reject101 in reply to plainsie]

I got zero too. I was very shocked. I don't feel I have the energy to challenge it...

[furgus]

MSE can be either Musculoskeletal examination or Mental State examination.

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"The DM has written in so many parts that I haven't reported any significant functional problems in the questionnaire and no,evidence to suggest otherwise

Then below that, " she states restriction" can anyone explain that?"

This might mean that

1 they feel you didn't report any functional problems, or didn't explain them adequately, in your written evidence. This could also happen if you explained a lot of problems which didn't link with the descriptors so weren't relevant for the assessment and you didn't include anything that did link to the descriptors.

2 You didn't provide any additional medical evidence that covered your functional problems.

3 That from what the assessor observed there wasn't any evidence to suggest that you did have significant functional problems.

Then with them saying " she states restriction" I think they're trying to say you've contradicted yourself between the report and what you said in the assessment.

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The decision maker can change any descriptors but I think it is unlikely that they would do this in your favour for distance walked unless there was something in the report that indicated that although you walked the distance you shouldn't be considered able to do so. That doesn't make sense when written down like that but the guidance requires you to be able to do something reliably so for example if your report said you walked a certain distance but then said you were incredibly slow and in severe pain then you wouldn't be considered to have walked that distance within a reasonable time period and to an acceptable standard so you couldn't do it reliably.

If you have additional evidence from a medical professional that states that you can't walk the distance stated by your assessor the decision maker might take notice of this over the assessor but there is no guarantee.

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Do you feel the decision maker has disregarded your evidence or that of the assessor? If so, have they explained why?

[rosewine]

1Hope FME means Further medical history. MSE could mean Mental status examination. She states restrictions means that you have said that there are certain things you cant do but I am thinking they are querying this as perhaps you have not provided any additional underpinning evidence for this eg a letter from a physio or GP.

The decision maker can overrule the assessor as they are supposed to take an impartial view of your evidence and the assessment as a whole so could come to a completely different conclusion but unfortunately this can be up or down the scale of benefits. I think it would be difficult for q decision. maker to overrule the mobility part unless you had medical evidence to the contrary that the assessor has ignored.

Some poor forum members have gone to Reconsideration as they disagreed with the award given by the assessor and the decision maker actually downgrades the award.

Hope this helps a bit.x

[1Hope]

Thank you so much everyone for your support and suggestions, I'm sorry I haven't been on long enough to reply to you all. In between caring for my husband who possibly has early stages dementia and researching when I can, I've been keeping up to date with all your replies with advice and support and they've been so helpful. I'll keep you all updated as I go along. Xxxxx for everyone. 🙏🏻😌😌😌😌