False Account of Assessment

Hi Christine27

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

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 grabbed a tissue which is incorrect. They failed to document that it was my husband who took it and pressed it into my hands...

than their opinions

"based on my observations, the claimant is able to use both hands easily."

I know it is tempting to call the assessor a liar - but don't. You just have to refute each claim, but concentrate particularly on the points that affect the scoring.

Come back and ask more questions if needed.

BIS

Christine

Did you expect to score 12 or more points for the Daily Living activities?

The reasons why DLA HRC was awarded do not exist for PIP so you need to score the points.

Gordon