Hiya @MenorcaMike
WOW! What a lovely thing to say Mike, thank you for your very kind and unexpected words, they are very much appreciated. Very nice of you indeed to say such things, thank you! 🙂 I’ve just been so busy I haven’t had time to drop by, sadly.
I’m assuming from your name change that you’ve jetted off for your holidays, I hope that you have a super time and that the change of scenery does you the world of good but please could you bring the sunshine back with you, i’m getting a bit fed up of all the rain we’ve been having. 🙁 Have a great time Mike! 🙂
I’m glad that you’ve got the form filling out of the way, those forms are a job and a half, especially since you have to be so specific with your replies. What a nightmare, let’s hope that your award will be for the full 10 years so that you don’t have to go through it all again for a very long time. Please keep me informed as to how you get on, my fingers will be crossed for you. Good luck! 🙂
Thank you again for your very kind words, they meant a lot especially since i’m just a noob around here 🙂
Hi @Macca
First of all, I am very sorry to hear that your wife is to have to undergo surgery this week. Even the most routine of surgeries are still enough to worry the most hardened of souls, so I can imagine things are a bit stressful in your house at the mo. I hope all goes well and that your wife is soon fully recovered and feeling tickety boo. Take care of yourself too, when you’re not 100% yourself, it’s not easy to look after someone else too, so make sure to be kind to yourself 🙂
You are quite right not to worry too much about your claim at the mo, as you said, you can’t change much at this stage, so you’d just be fretting for no good reason and you have enough on your plate to deal with this next week or two, so you have the right attitude to it all.
Anyway, I hope that you get your full award without the need for an MR or appeal, i’ll keep my fingers crossed for you and also for your wife.
Hi @Paul
Treat it like you are putting a brand new claim in. There is no guarantee that they will read past claim forms, so just assume that they won’t read them and go from scratch.
Give as much info about your difficulties as you can bearing in mind the descriptors.
On an earlier post on this thread, I added a link to the Self Test on the Benefits And Work website, have a go at that to remind yourself about the descriptors and the wording they are looking for.
Earlier on in the thread Joss recommended joining the B&W site to access their information, however, if you don’t want to, yourable forum will always try to help if you have specific questions, as will the good folk around here, i’m sure. Good luck with your form and the rest of the process.