An amputee says he fears losing his home after being the results of a medical ruled that he is fully fit for work.
George McLean from Culloden had his right leg amputated from the hip as a child after being hit by a bus.
Last year Mr McLean was horrified when it was deemed that he was not eligible for any medical points.
The decision saw his benefit payments suspended and the stopping of mortgage payment support.
After enduring a lengthy and stressful appeal process, Mr McLean’s benefits were reinstated.
However, just two months later following a fresh assessment by the same Government-appointed physician, George and his wife were floored when the same outcome was reached.
George said: “It’s totally crazy. After going through the process last year and ending up going to a tribunal and being told I wouldn’t have to go through it again - it’s started again.
“Now I’ve got to go through the stressful process again that’ll possibly end in another tribunal.
“Our mortgage provider’s been very helpful but it could result in us losing our home because you’re falling behind in your mortgage payments – although we do get help. But there’s the fear and worry that could be stopped.
“Somebody should look at what happened last year and make a decision on this year, instead of the process being repeated over and over again.
Local MP Danny Alexander has blasted the handling of the case as “disgraceful”.
He said: “Twice now, a medical has been conducted and has arrived at conclusions which are self-evidently farcical.
“A successful appeal has been followed up by an almost immediate referral back to the start of the process.
“Ministers must stop playing snakes and ladders with the lives of disabled people.
“Mr McLean’s case would be more satisfactory if the medical reports acknowledged his clear disability – even if they went on to argue he could be fit for some forms of work. But the decision twice to award him no medical points at all, while claiming he can perform tasks which he cannot, suggests the whole exercise is a sham.
Mr Alexander has written to the Scottish Government calling for a full inquiry into the “bureaucratic and time-consuming process” people like Mr McLean are forced to endure.
