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7 years 1 month ago #181742 by Perrieast
I too was awarded 0 points. Had home assessment, the time she walked in to my home she lied. Stated she came in at 11 and left at 12, when she arrived at 1020 and left at 1045. did not even look at me, she stated that she told me to do few exercises when i did only 2 and couldn't do the rest. the whole assessment she did was a lie. Now going to go through mandatory appeal. spoke to pip, said send in any new documentation that they have not got for them to look at it again. Need help!!

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7 years 1 month ago #181773 by Gordon
Perrieast

I've moved your post to it's own topic, we ask members not to post in other member's topics as it can lead to the wrong advice being given or taken.

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 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.

Gordon

Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems

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