I'm currently awaiting a tribunal to try and get my ESA reinstated after it was terminated a few months ago by DWP following a medical assessment. When you appeal against the DWP's decision, they are supposed to then provide you with basic rate ESA payments whilst you await the tribunal, but so far I have received nothing. So yesterday I summoned up the courage to phone them and ask why I have been recieving no money, and their reason is absurd!
Apparently to get my money, I need to first provide them with medical evidence that I 'still' have ASD! And then I'll have to routinely provide additional evidence to prove that my condition hasn't gone away if I want to continue to receive ESA whilst awaiting the tribunal.
Is this some sort of joke? Is this normal procedure? It really feels like I'm having my future decided by people who have no clue and it doesn't seem fair or right.
