Mandatory Reconsideration Request Letter

I am new to this forum and wonder if anyone can help with what I should include in a Mandatory Reconsideration letter to the DWP.

I had a medical assessment at the end of August. On the 17th October the DWP made the decision I was fit for work having awarded me 0 points. I have the DWP decision makers report together with the report of the DWP Healthcare Professional.

The report of the DWP Healthcare Professional (Registered Physiotherapist), is full of inaccurate and misleading information, in addition to missing or changing information that I clearly communicated. The physical examination the HCP performed gave me a clean bill of health. For example, the HCP said that I had full range of movement in my neck. I have recently started physiotherapy, provided by the NHS, and was told at my initial assessment that I have only 30% range of movement in my neck, and my neck and supporting muscles are very weak.

Therefore should I point out all the inaccuracies to the DWP in my letter requesting a Mandatory Reconsideration, or just ask them to reconsider. In addition should I say what points I believe I should have been awarded. I have read the example letters provided by this site but it is unclear what to include. I will of course be including the report from my own Physiotherapist.

Hello Jonathan and welcome to the Forum

You will find, if you look through the guides, specifically the PIP guide(!) that there is a wealth of information about how to appeal your award; AND there is also a great deal of information about how to go about requesting mandatory reconsideration.

Look through the guide carefully, and pick out the areas in which you feel the assessor's report has been less than accurate (being polite here) and write down how the assessment differs from the actuality of your disability.

If you work through the guide methodically and point out the discrepancies (without resorting to calling the assessor a l**r, if you can) and include letters from medical professionals which support each point you are making you give yourself the best chance of having your award changed.

It would be a lie to say that many awards are overturned at mandatory recon, BUT there is always a chance. If you don't get a change of award, then you go on to Appeal, which might just offer you a better chance of changing your award, if you can hang in there long enough. I wish you luck with the reconsideration.

When you send the DWP a Mandatory Reconsideration Request letter do you receive written confirmation back from the DWP confirming they have received your request?

I have to get my Mandatory Reconsideration Request letter to the DWP by 16th of this month and have a considerable amount of information to go through in challenging the Healthcare Professionals findings at my medical assessment.

Is it acceptable to write a short letter to the DWP requesting a Mandatory Reconsideration informing them of my request, and that I will follow this up with a further letter providing further evidence including challenging the findings of the medical report?