Post PIP assessment

I received 8 points in all and I would absolutely have disputed that if I hadn't qualified for the basic rate. When I had a problem with my last but one DLA assessment, the DWP called me and asked me a couple of quick questions and said immediately they were putting me on maximum points just for one component. I'm guessing that because I've already been through one tribunal and their qualified dr has also assessed me that I should be ok? This is worrying me, if I don't challenge them I will be a prisoner for 5 years. If I do challenge them, I could have absolutely nothing except ESA to live on which doesn't go anywhere near covering medication, everyday bills, specialised food etc I need to keep me healthy.

I have written a letter explaining that I only want them to look at the mobility component, mainly because I don't have the strength to challenge the whole thing but sending it will be akin to Russian Roulette in a way. Sorry to sound so dramatic, I'm just overwhelmed because of the brain damage and not sure I can do this alone because there's so much at stake.

Hello Gordon

I am still waiting for a copy of my assessment report and getting worried that they won't send it in time for me to request a Mandatory Assessment. I am going to send off my request today because I feel I really don't have a lot of choice.

Thanks again
Beans

I've finally heard back from my mandatory reconsideration and it appears that barely being able to walk isn't a good enough reason for me to keep my mobility component and therefore my motability car. They're taking my car in January. I feel bereft. I know it's only a car but it's my lifeline. I have to go to my Dr's every month for appointments and close monitoring, I have to get to the pharmacy for my monthly consignment of 20 prescriptions - at least one of which keeps me alive. I even have to occasionally get out of my four walls for my own sanity as I have mental health issues on top of everything else. We don't have savings to replace my car as my needs are very specific so buying a cheap runabout would be pointless as I wouldn't be able to drive it or afford to keep it on the road. My husband has a basic paid job (involving long hours often at a moment's notice) so HP, leasing, a loan etc is out of the question. My family and friends live 150 miles away and we were priced out of that area 20 years ago which is why we had to move away. As for public transport, given that walking up to 50 metres on a rare half decent day won't get me even a quarter of the way to the nearest bus stop. I'm not just being angry or emotional for the sake of it, this post is to explain the hopelessness of being abandoned and just how much I depend on my car for my most basic needs, the very reason my Dr supported my joining the motability scheme. Even the atos Dr who I saw a few months ago for my last DLA assessment was happy to keep me on the scheme yet it appears an administrator is apparently more qualified than him to understand my health issues. The DWP know all this by the way, they know what they're doing to me. I hope their incentive/bonus buys them an extra bottle of celebratory wine this Christmas.

I have no idea where to turn now so any advice would be very welcome.

Thanks again for all your help Gordon.