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I took two inch thick reports from different consultants detailing my various physical conditions(with cover notes) along with a detailed statement from both my lead physiologist and my case nurse.

With this i held over a letter from my doctors office confirming all the medication i take on a daily basis that causes me rather severe side effects. And after the ATOS doctor gave me a 30 second exam that at most got me to raise my arms to shoulder level only. Can you guess how many point she gave me this time ?

Yipp that's right a big fat zero. Strange as not a year before i was awarded i think about close to the maximum points and my conditions have got much worse since then.

Of course i challenged this and at the tribunal right before i went in the room my CAB rep and the clerk of the court told me it should take about a hour or so. About ten minutes into the interview after the doctor had read my notes she asked me a few questions and then asked me to wait outside. No more that thirty seconds later my CAB rep came out shook my hand and told me that i had won my appeal.

With the door open we both over heard both the doctor and judge criticize ATOS and the current government on how this it a total waste of tax payers money. And how my case should have never been allowed to get this far.

My rep said that in all the appeals he has gone to. This was the quickest he's ever seen and now he's got nothing to do for the next hour and a half. I felt kinda guilty about this and made a mental note to send him and the others in the CAB office a thank you card and a massive box of chocs.

A few weeks later when my backdated benefits were paid to me i did hand in the chocs along with a thank you card. A few days later they send me a card back wishing me well in the future.

So a huge thanks goes out to CAB and an even bigger f**k you to atos and the government.