pip

sue wrote: Hi can I ask do I need to contact DWP by phone or letter to ask for a copy of the assessor's report . Thank you once again for your help and support I really appreciate it .sue

You can make the request over the phone.

Gordon

Sue

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, the PIP area also has template letters that you can use to make the request with.

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

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;

"the assessor recorded that I walked 50m, I did but they have failed to document that I had to stop every 10m for a rest due to breathlessness"

than their opinions

"based on my observations of the claimant walking I believe that they can reliably walk more than 200m.

Your DLA information, even if it is still available, will be in off site storage, you need to make a Subject Access Request for it.

SAR :

www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/request-for-personal-information.rtf

From this page :

www.dwp.gov.uk/privacy-policy/data-protection/

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

Sue

You have two options, include a detailed set of reasons with the MR request or submit a basic MR and tell the DWP that you will provide additional information once the report arrives, but the DWP will only allow you an additional four weeks to do this and this includes postage time.

The critical thing is the one month deadline to submit the MR, you really don't wan to miss this.

You may be able to use the report when you receive it, but you do need to make sure that it is supportive of your claim.

Gordon