Orangeblossom's PIP Queries Topic !!

Orangeblossom

I'm sorry your reassessment was unsuccessful.

You can certainly argue that the Decision, as it replaces an existing award is unsound given that no face to face was carried out.

I'm afraid as there is no award, there will be no ongoing payments while you appeal.

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.

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

Orangeblossom

You should be able to do everything in writing but it may take longer, as an alternative someone can ring on your behalf although you will need to be present for the call.

Gordon