Assessment report - a load of rubbish!

Hi Lucy

I am sorry this has happened to you.

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.

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.

BIS

Hi Lucy

You have a small window in which you can write to the decision maker challenging the report. Make sure you concentrate on the parts where you think you didn't score points and you should have done. You can post it to the address on your original claim. I know some members have actually tried to ring and speak to someone at the DWP or requested a call-back about their report. If you try to ring, always make sure that you write straight afterwards confirming the conversation and any outcome from your call.

BS