pip claim

Loulou

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I do love the way that the DWP have changed all the names of the things they do just for PIP even though they are doing exactly the same as they always have.

If your intention was to avoid having the whole claim looked at again then I am afraid you may not have achieved this.

From your post you appear to have asked the DWP to look at your claim again due to a change in your health, this Unplanned Intervention or as we used to call it, Supersession, will result in a new PIP2 being issued and most likely a new face to face. Whilst you can try and limit it to just the Daily Living component I have to warn you that the DWP can extend the review to the whole claim.

As you are reporting a Change of Circumstances you will need to show a documented deterioration in your conditions since you were last assessed and as a result, an increased care requirement. If you cannot show the deterioration (you don't mention it in your post), then the DWP may reject the request without you going through the whole assessment process, I would not expect this to affect your current award.

If you cannot show a deterioration it may be worth your re-visiting the original award via an appeal, which you can still make as long as you can show Good Cause why the request is late, not being aware that you could do this may be accepted as Good Cause.

However, you progress the matter, I would first recommend that you have a thorough read of our PIP Claim guide to see how likely you are to score the 8 points required for a Standard award. See

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

If you have any questions on the above or in you progressing the matter further, then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Gordon