ESA appeal guides

• The MR timeline, stage by stage — What happens when in an ESA mandatory reconsideration — deadlines, waits, and the two outcomes.
• ESA tribunal success rates — the real numbers — Official HMCTS overturn rates for ESA appeals, and why PIP numbers do not transfer.
• How to write the ESA MR letter — The structure that gives a DWP decision maker what they need: error, evidence, correction.
• The ESA50 and your assessment report — Get the report, read it against the descriptors, and turn it into your MR argument.

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