Can anyone give me advice?

claimant

If your appeal hearing was more than one month ago then you have missed the opportunity to take it any further, even if it is not, you cannot challenge it because you disagree with the Decision, only because you can show that there has been an Error of Law in the proceedings.

The first stage to such an appeal would be for you to request a Statement of Reasons from the Judge that heard your case. See

What is an Error of Law?

Tribunals – Requesting a Statement of Reasons

You can report a Change of Circumstances to the DWP, but you need to be aware that if you are on the UK mainland, doing so will result in a invitation to claim PIP. PIP has been designed to be more difficult to receive and has significantly different criteria from DLA, for example it is a functional test so the fact that you now need help day and night will not be directly tested.

If you are not in the UK mainland then you should be re-assessed for DLA.

Have a look at our PIP Claim guide for a better understanding of the criteria.

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

Gordon

claimant

If the Decision to extend your claim is recent then it is unlikely that they will would remove it if you challenge the Decision not to increase it, but I cannot state that this is a certainty, there is always a risk associated with challenging a Decision.

Have you requested a copy of the assessment report, if not then you should contact the DWP office that dealt with the renewal and request it, you can do this by phone but we recommend following up the request I writing.

You will need to first request a Mandatory Reconsideration, in writing and ideally within one month of the Decision, have a look at our DLA MR & Appeal guide

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/dla/#dlaappeals

for information about how the process works.

You can submit more information to the MR, either with the request of later, if you intend to send it later then mention this in the request, you should be given about four weeks to do this.

Your primary goal is to show that you meet the criteria, you may need to address issues in the assessment report, but try and do so on a factual basis only as it can be difficult to argue with the assessors opinions.

Gordon