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Anybody else had their appeal against being taken off Incapacity Benefit accepted?

Anybody else had their appeal against being taken off Incapacity Benefit accepted?
Hi, just wondering if anyone else has ever had their Incapacity benefit appeal accepted. My wife and I just had our appeal accepted by a Doctor and a Lawyer at a local Tribunal. We are over the moon and I'd just like to tell people that its well worth the effort if the same thing happens to you. Apparently its happening to a lot of people lately and it appears to be a government "witch hunt" of sorts. Many people are telling me that benefit payed medics are basically writing people off their Incapacity benefit and blatantly giving incorrect information on medical forms (as was the case with ourselves).
However, after six months of being messed about unnecessarily, we are back on incapacity benefit.
(ha ha - nice try assholes)
Anyone else had a similar experience?

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• Well done you and your wife - you've been tested at tribunal and found to be right - so you clearly deserve your benefits and you're right to share your experience.
  
  However - I make no apology for a system that tests people that are in receipt of benefits long-term. I am sure you are aware that for every genuine case such as yourselves there's someone freeloading and swinging the lead - and I'm paying for it. It also means there's less money in the pot for genuine claimants such as yourselves.
  
  I don't think it is a witch-hunt, more of a case of kicking the backsides of those who are taking the mickey out of the system and seem to think that the money they are "entitled" to is conjured up from nowhere, probably because they've never paid any tax in their lives.
  
  (again, this isn't you, by the way, your case is clearly genuine and good on you for proving it!)

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