PIP turned down

Hi Gaynor

I'm slightly puzzled by what you have written. You say you were moved from DLA to PIp and were awarded 'enhanced mobility rate' but then you say you were 'completely turned down for the PIP payment.' Did you receive mobility but no daily living or did you not receive an award at all?

If you wish to challenge the decision the first stage 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

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;

"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.

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. It isn't so much about the conditions that you have, more about you explain the impact on your life with regards to the PIP criteria.

BIS

Hi Gaynor

Thanks for the clarification. You can challenge the decision as I said in my previous post. But get that report and see what went wrong. Be aware when you request an MR - they look at the whole award, not part of it.

BIS