Mandatory reconsideration.

Teresa

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I've moved your post to it's own topic, please post any replies to this topic.

Although a diagnosis is important It is not a pre-requisite to your receiving an award.

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.

I'm afraid you will not receive any payments while an MR is carried out, you do have the option of claiming JSA while this is done, if your GP is still willing to provide a Fit Note, once the claim has been accepted you can submit the Fit Note and you will be excused from any Job Search requirement for up to 13 weeks. You cannot make a claim for JSA and present the Fit Note from the outset as it is likely that the claim will be rejected.

When you have a better idea of the issues with your claim, come back to the forum and we will do our best to help.

Gordon

Teresa wrote: Thankyou very much for your reply, sorry I am still trying to figure things out sorry for starting new thread. So if I leave the claim live but don't receive money I can be reassessed but will I still be expected to go to wrag interviews etc ? Thanks

If you are not eligible for Income Related ESA and therefore receive no payments then you are not required to attend WFIs or to perform Work Related Activity.

Gordon