From Full DLA to Zero PIP

Marjorie

You can make a complaint but this would be a separate exercise from your MR.

You may have to just bit the bullet and challenge the assessors statement head on.

Often this is about playing the long game (sorry for all the platitudes) and getting to a Tribunal, revision rates at the MR stage are very low and you may not have the fundamental misunderstanding of your problems that is often need for the DWP to change their Decision. A Tribunal will take a much more balanced approach to dealing with the report, they know that many are inaccurate.

Gordon

Marjorie

Question 13b is about your ability to follow a route to an unfamiliar place, I assume that is what you meant rather than your being able to plan one which is a completely separate activity.

All you can do is explain the problems you would have following this route and why.

The assessor is expressing an opinion about the distance you can walk, this can be difficult to argue against as they will claim that this is based on their experience of assessing other claimants in similar circumstances.

The obvious rebuttal is if there are no examples of you walking your distance in your own PIP2 and as a result of the assessment, even an opinion can be overcome if there is no evidence or foundation for it being made.

Gordon