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The result

You will find out the result of your appeal as soon as possible after your hearing.

Whether you have an oral hearing or paper hearing you will be given a decision notice explaining the Appeals Service tribunal's decision with a copy sent to the office that made the original decision.

If you want a record of the appeal hearing you can obtain a copy of the record of proceedings up to six months from the date of the hearing.

You can also ask for a statement of reasons which will explain the appeal decision including the facts and the law used but you must ask for this within one month of the date you are given or sent the decision notice.

You must have a copy of this document if you do not agree with the tribunal's decision and decide to appeal to the Social Security Commissioners.

However, if your appeal is successful we will usually put the decision right as soon as we receive our copy of the tribunal's decision but this could be delayed if we appeal to the Social Security Commissioners.

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