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1 day 2 hours ago #307523 by Djb200
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Does anyone feel they have been wrongly given enhanced mobility?
I've been on standard living and standard mobility for several years. Then standard mobility was dropped back in 2019. My mandatory consideration was also denied then but I got my standard mobility back at the tribunal.
Skip forward to late last year (2024) when my mobility was dropped altogether again. This time my mandatory consideration was accepted but they have now upped me to enhanced mobility.
Due to certain light conditions (low vision) and days of fibromyalgia flare-ups, I can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres. This is 8 points, but the assessor has now given me 12 saying I can't stand and then move more than 1 metre either aided or unaided. I feel like a fraud and it's making me sick about what I should do.
I'm worried my mobility could be stopped all together if I ring and tell them they have made a mistake, or have to go through another assessment (they make me feel so depressed and anxious) but I don't want to be accepting enhanced when I don't fit that criteria. I really don't need this extra money as I rarely want to go out. and I'm fine moving around in my own home and immediate environment. Standard was perfect for me as it was more than enough to get cabs to appointments when I needed them. This back payment has also taken me over my allowed £6,000 savings.
All advice would be grateful.
I've been on standard living and standard mobility for several years. Then standard mobility was dropped back in 2019. My mandatory consideration was also denied then but I got my standard mobility back at the tribunal.
Skip forward to late last year (2024) when my mobility was dropped altogether again. This time my mandatory consideration was accepted but they have now upped me to enhanced mobility.
Due to certain light conditions (low vision) and days of fibromyalgia flare-ups, I can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres. This is 8 points, but the assessor has now given me 12 saying I can't stand and then move more than 1 metre either aided or unaided. I feel like a fraud and it's making me sick about what I should do.
I'm worried my mobility could be stopped all together if I ring and tell them they have made a mistake, or have to go through another assessment (they make me feel so depressed and anxious) but I don't want to be accepting enhanced when I don't fit that criteria. I really don't need this extra money as I rarely want to go out. and I'm fine moving around in my own home and immediate environment. Standard was perfect for me as it was more than enough to get cabs to appointments when I needed them. This back payment has also taken me over my allowed £6,000 savings.
All advice would be grateful.
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22 hours 4 minutes ago #307561 by latetrain
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Replied by latetrain on topic What to do if you believe you have been wrongly given enhanced mobility?
Hi Djb200
Oh what a dilemma, the first thing I would do is get a copy of the assessors report called a PA4, once you get this go through it carefully for any errors, if there are any glaring errors then contact PIP and point them out.
Gary
Oh what a dilemma, the first thing I would do is get a copy of the assessors report called a PA4, once you get this go through it carefully for any errors, if there are any glaring errors then contact PIP and point them out.
Gary
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3 hours 2 minutes ago #307583 by Djb200
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Hi Gary,
The assessor says in the report that saying I "can't stand and then move more than 1 metre either aided or unaided," thus giving me the full 12 points (please see original post). I originally got 8 points for "I can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres." And this hasn't changed or got worse.
I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has reported an assessment that has upped their PIP payment and if reporting it starts an entire reassessment. Each reassessment makes me depressed and effects my mental health quite drastically.
The assessor says in the report that saying I "can't stand and then move more than 1 metre either aided or unaided," thus giving me the full 12 points (please see original post). I originally got 8 points for "I can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres." And this hasn't changed or got worse.
I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has reported an assessment that has upped their PIP payment and if reporting it starts an entire reassessment. Each reassessment makes me depressed and effects my mental health quite drastically.
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1 hour 15 minutes ago #307584 by BIS
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Replied by BIS on topic What to do if you believe you have been wrongly given enhanced mobility?
Hi Djb200
In the 6 years that I've been a moderator on the forum, many people say that they believe they have been awarded the wrong points, but only three people have emphatically believed they were awarded points they did not deserve. You may not here from anyone else in the same position as you.
If you believe that you are receiving money that you are not entitled to, then it is up to you to contact the DWP and inform them. I can't tell you what the outcome will be. They may do nothing, they may reduce your mobility back to standard, you could lose your mobility altogether or they could decide to reassess you. I think a reassessment is unlikely, as you have just had one - but I'm not with the DWP.
One thing to think about. Why did the assessor award you enhanced mobility? Did they just make a mistake or did they give their opinion on how they think you mobilise? You said that you have fibromyalgia. If you experience pain, even before you start moving that will impact the speed of which you walk and you may have to stop more quickly than someone who doesn't have the condition. Therefore, although you might say you can walk 20 to 50 metres, the distance in PIP terms can be viewed as less if you experience any of the things I have mentioned.
You have to do what feels right for you.
BIS
In the 6 years that I've been a moderator on the forum, many people say that they believe they have been awarded the wrong points, but only three people have emphatically believed they were awarded points they did not deserve. You may not here from anyone else in the same position as you.
If you believe that you are receiving money that you are not entitled to, then it is up to you to contact the DWP and inform them. I can't tell you what the outcome will be. They may do nothing, they may reduce your mobility back to standard, you could lose your mobility altogether or they could decide to reassess you. I think a reassessment is unlikely, as you have just had one - but I'm not with the DWP.
One thing to think about. Why did the assessor award you enhanced mobility? Did they just make a mistake or did they give their opinion on how they think you mobilise? You said that you have fibromyalgia. If you experience pain, even before you start moving that will impact the speed of which you walk and you may have to stop more quickly than someone who doesn't have the condition. Therefore, although you might say you can walk 20 to 50 metres, the distance in PIP terms can be viewed as less if you experience any of the things I have mentioned.
You have to do what feels right for you.
BIS
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