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5 years 8 months ago #235922 by shimtoan
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So I got the decision on my PIP renewal in the post today.

Some information: form arrived in December, returned in January. Assessment in May, report arrived with DWP 3 weeks later.

Previously I was in receipt of the Mobility Component at the Higher Rate. Now I'm getting Mobility and Daily Living at Standard Rate.

The new rates start as of last week, and I got a backpayment of Daily Living back to December. However, there's been no deduction for the drop in Mobility Component, which my partner is really worried about.

There are also a couple of errors on the award letter. It says that I was previously in receipt of Daily Living and that Mobility is new.

I'm not normally one to complain when something appears to have gone in my favour, but we were wondering whether to request a Mandatory Reconsideration as I dropped from 10 points to zero on Planning And Following A Journey but my partner, being a worrywort, is adamant it could jeopardise everything and I could end up with 0 points across the board and they'd demand the entire backpay amount back as a lump sum.

We're still waiting for the Medical Report, which has been requested, so we'll give that a poring over when it arrives.

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5 years 8 months ago #235924 by Gordon
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shimtoan

Congratulations on the award and well done.

Any request for an MR carries a risk but it would be unusual for the existing award to be reduced, obviously, if you have 11 points the risk should be lower than if you only have 8 points.

The report will give you a better idea of how the Decision was made and then you can decide whether to pursue the matter or not.

Gordon

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5 years 8 months ago #235926 by shimtoan
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Is it usual for them to not request any money back if an award drops, but being due backpay on another part of it?

The backpay is the entire amount as the Daily Living but with no deduction for the drop in Mobility Component.

It says the award starts 9th August 2019, but the backpay is dated back to 7th December 2018, but there's no explanation as to why this is. Is that standard practice or is it at the discretion of the DM?

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5 years 8 months ago #235937 by Gordon
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shimtoan

They do not usually recover the money unless there is clear evidence that the claimant falsified the information that they provided to the assessment, however, it is very unusual for an award to be backdated in these circumstances.

Did you report a Change of Circumstances in December of last year? Was there a significant change in the conditions that the award was based upon at that time, for example; a heart attack or a life-changing accident?

Gordon

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5 years 8 months ago #235943 by shimtoan
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December was when I got the re-assessment forms as it was the earliest they could reassess me.

My partner rang DWP since my last post and was told the arrears were Daily Living from December, and the reason it read strangely to us is because it was likely a "Split Rate Decision".

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5 years 8 months ago #235948 by Gordon
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shimtoan

The DM does have the discretion to award from a different date if there is compelling evidence to support them doing so but I can't remember the last time that I saw this happen.

Gordon

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