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Originally Posted by denphone
The question is about whether she is fit for work and the answer is no...
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And the evidence is.....?
The previous ESA award seems unrelated to any Parkinson's.
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Miss Leek was diagnosed in June 2012 after treatment for a back and neck injury as a result of an accident two years earlier.
“I had X-rays and an MRI scan but I had to keep going back to my doctor because I knew something was not right,” she said.
Miss Leek had to give up her job as assistant manager of the Spar shop on Farndon Road, Newark, because her condition was affecting her work. She had a supermarket job for two months but was released on the grounds of ill-health.
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In August 2012 Julia was told she was eligible for ESA, and underwent her first medical four months later.
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You can apply, but it doesn't make you fully eligible at the time. You have to wait for the assessment, which in her case was 4/5 months Later
Michael J Fox was able to continue working.