PIP Question

Thankyou so to clarify if you get a PIP award , that will be paid a month after your DLA stops even if you choose to appeal the decision? Sorry to harper on but this is important especially if people are not appealing because they think they won't get any payments whilst the appeal goes ahead, and we are all aware of how long these things are taking. Refards

Sorry Gordon I think our comments have crossed so please disregard my last post. As stated I think this was important as I feel people maybe putting off appealing because they think all payments will cease. Thankyou and regards

Hi Lund

I had a similar experience very recently, but with ESA. ATOS told me they had written to my GP for more information and had heard back from him. I went to see him and asked what he had written; it was so scant as to be pretty negligible. I was angry. ATOS then sent me an appointment for a WCA. When I asked whether they had read all the information and evidence I had sent them (my initial submission with the ESA50 a year previously, and then some supplementary evidence after they had contacted my GP) they said that they had but that "the level of claimed disability was unclear". I was now furious! The effect of my GP's contribution had been to undermine my claim, essentially, and he had copies of letters from my psychotherapist that clearly stated the extent of my mental health issues but didn't even refer to them.

In the end I had to ask my psychotherapist to write an updated report for me to send to ATOS quickly, as I wasn't fit enough to undergo the WCA. He knew that, and everyone I know knew that, but my GP couldn't have cared less, I suspect

Thankfully, the eleventh hour letter was effective in convincing ATOS of the level of my disability, but they took their sweet time to let me know, and DWP didn't even send me a letter to tell me they were keeping me in the Support Group.