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PIP claim and evidence
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Cruella wrote: We did claim DLA until he was 16(he is 19 now). Do you think they will have all that previous claim info, do you think the previous claims until he was 16 would help this new claim go through paperbased?
It's up to you whether to use the information, I can't comment on whether they will still have the information, the DWP routinely destroy information for claims that are no longer active, all the you can do is ask them to include it if it is available.
But you need to be aware that the criteria for PIP is very different from that for DLA, much of the what was included in a DLA form will not be applicable to the new benefit, also, your son will have been assessed as a child, so his DLA form will be even further away from PIP.
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Cruella wrote: I'm thinking about dropping my son's PIP. If we get a 2 week extension the PIP2 form will have been returned to DWP for ATOS mid May which I think going by the timing I experienced means he could be called for a f2f right in the middle of his important exams. This would def be too much for him. I assume ATOS would not let the f2f be deferred for possibly a few weeks so it could take place after his exam season? (If we drop it am I right in understanding we can just apply again after a short while so that the f2f would end up after exam season?)
There are delays appearing in the assessment process for PIP and you can rearrange the appointment once.
You can re-apply at any time.
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There are two areas that he might be able to exploit, the first would be motivation to bath, does he fall asleep due to tiredness or is it a symptom of his conditions? If the former then he might be able to argue a need for prompting as he has to manage his exertions each day.
Secondly, if he can show that he is in danger due to the falling asleep when bathing then this would indicate a need for supervision, however, your post suggests that their is no risk and he does this regularly.
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