Functinal History

I am just reading through the assessors report before a decision is made from DWP. Planning and following journeys:- She does not go out all week. The last time she went out was when she went to hospital for a scan, this was 2 weeks ago, she will only go out with her husband. The nurse left her in the waiting room, a distance of 20 metres, after taking her to the toilet, and she went into a panic, she was running around and not focusing. When she does have to go out, she does not want to go, she will put it off as long as possible. Appointments have been cancelled because of this. She will get shaky, nausea and anxious, and will go back to bed. Someone has to force her to go out. When she is out she feels very unsafe, and will wear a thick coat to hide herself. She does not use public transport, as a few years ago she tried to cope on a bus journey, she asked the bus driver to stop at the correct stop, and then got off, she then got into a panic, as she got lost, she phoned her husband, who gave her directions, she still did not understand, and her husband had to come and pick her up.

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This is what was typed, but then there was no points awarded for the mobility part. Even though I explained that I cannot get off the bus without being told where my stop is, and when I did get off the bus, my husband was on the phone trying to direct me as I walked at the same time, I gave-up due to panic and he had to come and get me. It also states in my consultants notes that I am unable to find my way around and he wants me to have a brain scan because of this, and it is due to my diagnosis of Bipolar. I explained that I have lived in the same area for 6 plus years and should know how to get from my house into town by now, but I dont. Should I have got something for mobility do you think? The assessor used the excuse that I navigated my way to the assessment room by myself, which is not true, as my husband had to point to it for me.

From my own perspective, I got the impression the assessor was only interested in 'events' that had happened in the last year, for instance- in the year leading up to my claim renewal I lost my balance in my lounge and broke my foot. I had medical evidence of this which of course could not be refuted and therefore it was used to support my claim. So could it be that DWP is not concerned with events that happened to bunnytent, unless they have medical evidence or it was more recent than a few years? What are your thoughts mods?

Thank you for your reply, I dare not put in a MR, as so far they have awarded me 8 points for care, so I don't want to risk that, unless the final decision awards me less points for care, but I will be prepared for the mobility part the next time I have to renew.

Hello I'm not sure if this counts as butting in on someone else's question, but on the back of what BIS has said, I've used both old and new. I've a longstanding injury and I've experienced various fractures, dislocations and falls but not all medically documented. Even though they didn't "happen in the last year" I continue to use these examples as I think it gives an overall picture of my daily life and the challenges I continue to face. Hopefully, at some point the person assessing might actually decide that my condition is not going to improve, I've done the adjusting, I've exhausted any treatments and if I'm very lucky I might even have be awarded PIP indefinitely. I wish you well bunnytent.

Sue
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