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I'm sorry to hear that you PIP claim was unsuccessful.

I know you joined B&W in October of last year, did you use our guides to complete the PIP2 form?

Your immediate concern is to request a Mandatory Reconsideration so that the DWP can look at your claim again, our PIP MR & Appeal guide explains what you need to do and there are also template letters on the following link.

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

If you have not already done so, then you should request a copy of the assessment report so that you have a more detailed understanding of why you failed, you can request this over the phone but it is worth following it up in writing.

Is there any new medical evidence that you could submit to the MR?

If you feel up to it you can submit further information to the MR, have another look at your PIP2 form and the comments that have been made and consider whether the DM may have misinterpreted what you stated, what could you change that my make your limitations more clear?

If you have any questions, please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Gordon

zafira wrote: hi there i contacted them today thay have received my mandatory letter do i have to wait for them to reply before i do any thing else . i did receive a report letter with the decision on the claim i see my consultant this thursday 15th january can i ask him to help with this not sure how to deal with it

The notes you received with the Decision Letter will be from the Decision Maker, you should still request the assessors report by contacting the DWP.

It is certainly worth you speaking to your consultant to see whether they will help you with the MR or an appeal.

Your primary approach to dealing with this is to show that you meet the PIP criteria sufficiently for an award, so you need to back through each of the questions on the PIP2 form in light of the comments by the DM and the assessor to see if you can explain your limitations better to overcome the arguments that you don't score points.

Draw your thoughts up into a document that you can submit to the DWP, you have about 4 weeks (although it may be longer), to send this information to the DWP.

Gordon