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9 years 11 months ago #135444 by Gordon
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Bella
Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explain where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
Would you mind not posting in upper case, it causes problems for members using text to speech software.
Before you think of challenging your current award you need to look at two things; how secure is your current award and how likely are you to score the extra points that you would need for the award that you believe you should have received.
Although the risks are low, we do have members that have had their award reduced or even removed when requesting a Mandatory Reconsideration. As you only scored 8 points for Daily Living, your award is probably at more risk than if you had scored more. Also, you should have a look at the areas where you did score points for, if it was only for one Descriptor then you may be at more risk than if it was more than one.
Secondly, you need to look at where you might score the points for an increased award. You indicate that you have problems with both Going Out and Moving Around, so it should in principle be more easy to score points than if you only had problems in one area.
I would recommend that you have a look at our PIP Claim guide for a detailed explanation of the criteria that you will need to meet and should you want to go ahead with the MR, our PIP Appeal guide that explains the process in detail and has template letters that you can use to make the request. Both guides are on the following link.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
If you have further questions then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.
Gordon
Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explain where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
Would you mind not posting in upper case, it causes problems for members using text to speech software.
Before you think of challenging your current award you need to look at two things; how secure is your current award and how likely are you to score the extra points that you would need for the award that you believe you should have received.
Although the risks are low, we do have members that have had their award reduced or even removed when requesting a Mandatory Reconsideration. As you only scored 8 points for Daily Living, your award is probably at more risk than if you had scored more. Also, you should have a look at the areas where you did score points for, if it was only for one Descriptor then you may be at more risk than if it was more than one.
Secondly, you need to look at where you might score the points for an increased award. You indicate that you have problems with both Going Out and Moving Around, so it should in principle be more easy to score points than if you only had problems in one area.
I would recommend that you have a look at our PIP Claim guide for a detailed explanation of the criteria that you will need to meet and should you want to go ahead with the MR, our PIP Appeal guide that explains the process in detail and has template letters that you can use to make the request. Both guides are on the following link.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
If you have further questions then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.
Gordon
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