PIP

Today I was awarded std care and std mobility for 5 years. Upset as I have held higher DLA componants and have a motability car which as from 7th june is off the road.

Hi susie,

I'm sorry that you are not happy with your PIP award. The first thing to say is that PIP has deliberately been made harder to qualify for than DLA, especially the enhanced mobility component. So it might be that the award you have is the right one for you.

I suggest you have a look at the PIP guide to assess where you believe you should have scored points. If you can clearly see that you should have scored enough points for the enhanced award then you can consider a Mandatory Reconsideration.

You would probably be wise to request a copy of the assessor's report from DWP as that will tell you why you did not score what you should have. This might take a while to arrive, you should not wait for it if doing so would delay your MR request beyond the 1 month allowed. The PIP guide explains how to deal with this.

When you have the assessor's report we will have a better idea of how and where your claim failed and will be able to offer more specific advice.

You might want to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. That will allow you to return with further questions/comments without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too

I have asked to speak about my assessment and the points I'm not happy with.
If I ask for a mandatory reconsideration will my benefits stop?

I have the reply to the mandatory reconsideration and I'm slightly angry at a few points. I use a pill organiser as I take many tablets varing throughout the day, they totally disregarded it as my mental state is good.
I was 'observed' getting out of the car which was parked in a side street so they said I could walk up to 50 metres. They would not take into account walking up and slopes although I live on a hill. They won't take using buses or taxis in to account either.
I filled out the form following your guide lines but now I feel they need looking at as the assessor dismissed alot of what I used.