Medical report

jony wrote: Hi, I've received my medical report from the DWP for my pip assessment, I'm quite shocked that it seems pretty fair, I think the nurse that carried out the assessment has concentrated on my mobility rather than the confusion and anxiety that my condition also causes, the question is I have been awarded 35 points, 12 for mobility and the rest for daily living, I've been waiting nearly 4 weeks for the case manager to send me my decision, does the case manager always go along with the HP, or have there been cases of the DWP still not awarding pip, or reducing the award, I suppose I'm getting nervous and anxious about the dreaded imminent brown envelope, thanks for any feedback.

I'm afraid PIP Decision are taking in excess of 8 weeks at the moment.

Decision / Case Managers usually follow the recommendation of the assessor but the Decision is theirs to make and we do see members receive less points than those recommended but we also see more point s allocated on occasion as well.

Given you only need 12 points for a Enhanced Daily Living Award it would seem unlikely that they will mark you down significantly from the 35 points. Mobility may be more of an issue and may depend on why you have been scored the 12 points, it's more likely that the DM will leave it alone if all of the points come from one of the two PIP Mobility activities than if they have been scored across both.

Gordon