PIP tribunal adjournment notice - I'm confused!

Abby

We have seen a lot of members score lower on this activity than they expected, the primary problem seems to lie with the DWP's interpretation of "prompting", they believe that this includes a wide range of activities in support of someone going out that we do not agree with.

have a look at the PIP Claim guide for a better understanding of the issues and advice on how to challenge them.

The first stage to challenging a Decision is for you to request a Mandatory Reconsideration, this needs to be done in writing to the DWP, within one month of the Decision, to the office that dealt with your claim, have a look at our PIP MR & Appeal guide for details of the process and template letters that you can use to make the request with.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip

You should contact the DWP for a copy of the assessment report if you have not already done so, I would phone them but again follow up the request in writing. Once you have the assessment report you will have a better understanding of how the DWP Decision Maker has come to their conclusions and will then be able to argue against them.

Your primary task is to show that you meet the criteria, there are many reasons you may have failed, you need to address each of these but don't get bogged down in criticising the assessment report unless you can clearly show that it is incorrect, it is a lot easier to argue the facts of the situation;

"the assessor recorded that I walked 50m, I did but they have failed to document that I had to stop every 10m for a rest due to breathlessness"

than their opinions

"based on my observations of the claimant walking I believe that they can reliably walk more than 200m.

If we can help more then then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Gordon

abbyb1000 wrote: Hi
Thanks- do I/ should I ask for a MR before seeing a copy of the assessment report or should I wait for the report before submitting the request for a MR?
Abby

If you have the time to wait, having the assessment report may help with MR request, just make sure that the DWP receive the request before the month has elapsed, as sending it in late can lead to additional problems.

Gordon