DLA TO PIP questions

Jianne1274 wrote: Thankyou for the reply....so a separate complaint to both the dwp and atos...what would you advise I do about the lie about me walking and standing do I mention that in a sidenote to the mobility section where I state why I meet the criteria ...because the Dwp have based thier descion on this according to the DM....or should I include a separate letter along with the MR stating that the walking never happened I have 2 witnesses who will testify on paper to back me up ..just so confused ???? Why do these assessor feel the need to lie and fabricate the truth ?

I would make to ATOS, the DM can only make a Decision on the information that they are supplied with.

If you are happy that you have explained your problems with Moving Around in sufficient detail in and with the PIP2, then you don't need to go through it all again, but I would still recommend that you go through your PIP2 and the PIP Claim guide to make sure that this is the case. Have you, where relevant, used "reliably" and "for the majority of days"? Have you used the right terminology, have you echoed what the legislation says?

So I would include in my letter a statement that you believe that you have adequately shown that you can only walk Xm reliably and some bullet points as to why this is the case.

Then for the assessment report, something along the lines, the Decision to refuse points was clearly based on the observations of my walking by the assessor at their offices, however, I had a home assessment and no time did I walk or was I asked to walk, as a result the Decision is not to award points is based in fundamentally incorrect information.

You might also want to tell them that you are making a formal complaint, if you do.

Gordon