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Neutral Citation Number: 2016 UKUT 401 AAC
Reported Number:
File Number: CE 3475 2015
Appellant: NC
Respondent: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA)
Judge/Commissioner: Judge P Gray
Date Of Decision: 01/09/2016
Date Added: 23/09/2016
Main Category: Employment and support allowance
Main Subcategory: Work-Related Activity Assessment (WRAA): general
Secondary Category:
Secondary Subcategory:
Notes: Mental illness or disablement in regulation 19 (5) (b) - the amended regulation 19 ESA Regs, which restricts the consideration of the schedule 2 physical descriptors to incapability caused by physical ill health, and similarly of mental conditions to those in Part 2 of Schedule 2 encompasses not merely mental ill-health in the form of conditions such as depression or schizophrenia but mental disablement of all kinds including learning difficulties and cognitive deficiency whether that be by reason of age or acquired brain injury.
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