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7 years 1 month ago #181881 by Oscarab
Hi There

I was previously on DLA Indefinite Award High Rate Mobility and Care - following my PIP Assessment I was awarded Standard Rate Care and Mobility which I was not happy with and asked for a Mandatory Reconsideration.

This came back - upped on the Care points from 2 to 8 and the same on Mobility (10) which I am still not happy with and am thinking of Appealing again.

I would appreciate your advice on this as I am approaching my deadline but am in such a quandry.

My last DLA award and the assessor gave me my award and commented that my condition would only get worse, which it has, and they lessen my PIP award like this. Its maddening.

If I complete the Appeal form to go to Tribunal, do I have to send in another statement or the evidence etc straight away or just complete the form and do the rest later? I have no idea what I am appealing at the moment do I - really? The info on their MR is very basic - again.

I wish I had done this before I asked for my reconsideration because I messed up the statements and that when I sent them in - my cognitive functions are affected by stress and anxiety and trying to put everything I need to down on paper just brings me out in a panic and I mess up everything I am trying to say/put down - its a nightmare!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If they are our rights, why do we have to fight for them?

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7 years 1 month ago #181894 by Gordon
Oscarab

Unfortunately the DLA and PIP assessment are fundamentally different and by intention, PIP is more difficult to award.

The PIP Appeal guide has links to the SSCS1 form that you will need to complete and instructions on how to complete it, you do not need to provide detailed reasons at this stage for your request.

Once your appeal is accepted the DWP will prepare their submission to the hearing and send you a copy, whilst you should wait until you receive this to finish and submit your own, you should start to prepare your own case, an increased award will only be made by your showing that you score the extra points for one, so I would start by going back through your PIP2, the assessment report and the PIP Claim guide to see how you might show this is the case.

If you have further questions then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Gordon

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7 years 1 month ago #181907 by Oscarab
Great - I will go through all the information I can access on this amazing site!

I read with great interest that when I went through the MR though, I should have had the decision explained to me, but this was not the case at all. I was told to read the letter I was sent, on both occasions - so what can I do about this? Anything?

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7 years 1 month ago #181920 by slugsta
The Decision Makers no longer tend to phone claimants and explain the decision. The DM's reasoning will be on the letter but the assessor's report will be more comprehensive.

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7 years 1 month ago #181989 by Oscarab
Thanks

So my next step is to compete the form - do i need to ring them and let them know or simply complete the form (download it from on line?), fill it in and send it off? I think my deadline is 27th.

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7 years 1 month ago #182020 by Gordon

Oscarab wrote: Thanks

So my next step is to compete the form - do i need to ring them and let them know or simply complete the form (download it from on line?), fill it in and send it off? I think my deadline is 27th.


You don't need to contact the Tribunal Service, just complete the form and send it off.

Gordon

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