PIP reconcideration on mobility Acute Leukemia..

Hi all,
Old member here who has received much needed help over the years for myself. My question is wether anybody knows how long a reconcideration can take? We had the devastating news that our daughter has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in November. Click Sargant cancer trust filled in the esa and dla forms as I was in no mental state to do so. Esa all straightforward but Pip was given low rate mobility. My daughter has nerve damage to both her feet and unable to walk un aided more than a few steps, caused by the chemo which is a trade off for saving her life..yet they still didnt give full mobility.
Thanks x

CLINE wrote: Hi all,
Old member here who has received much needed help over the years for myself. My question is wether anybody knows how long a reconcideration can take? We had the devastating news that our daughter has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in November. Click Sargant cancer trust filled in the esa and dla forms as I was in no mental state to do so. Esa all straightforward but Pip was given low rate mobility. My daughter has nerve damage to both her feet and unable to walk un aided more than a few steps, caused by the chemo which is a trade off for saving her life..yet they still didnt give full mobility.
Thanks x

Hi C,

I am sorry to hear that your daughter did not receive the correct PIP Mobility Award !

Once an MR is requested, it can take DWP 4-8 weeks to deal with that !

If you the decide to go on to appeal to The Tribunal Service (TS) (currently MR success rates are pretty low, whilst TS appeals success rates are running at circa 60%) they should accept your appeal within 4 weeks, then it may be a further 8-10 weeks to a hearing date.

You may find the following generic PIP MR/Appeals advice helpful with your understanding of the process, even if another agency is dealing with the MR for you :

You have one month from the date of the PIP Decision Notice letter to make a written request for a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) of the PIP decision.

Sending Documents to the DWP.

You could also ring the PIP Helpline :

Telephone: 0345 850 3322
Textphone: 0345 601 6677
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

To request a copy of The PA4 PIP Medical Report compiled by the PIP Assessor at your face to face and sent to The DWP PIP DM to be used when the DM came to their decision.

If you have any problems obtaining The PA4 with a verbal request, you can make a written request which should be done as a separate issue to any MR request :

You can do this using a SAR Form :

SAR Form Download

From this page :

DWP Data Protection Policy

Or you can make the request in the form of a letter, as long as you make it clear that you are making a formal SAR under The Data Protection Act 1998.

Address the envelope : FAO The Data Controller, at the Benefits Office dealing with your PIP.

Write DPA 1998 SAR in front, top, left corner of envelope.

Once received, they have 40 calendar days to comply.

You should not miss your one month deadline if The PA4 or any other supporting evidence that you may be awaiting has not arrived.

You can make comment that you have requested this and will submit further evidence if applicable when you receive it.

Once you have The PA4, you can then pose any counter arguments to the PIP Assessors recommendations.

e.g. If they are stating that you can carry out a particular PIP Activity, has it been taken into account that to be classed as being able to carry out a PIP Activity, you must be able to do so Reliably and Safely for The Majority of Days

If the Assessor has stated that they witnessed you Walking a set distance have they taken into account the above, the time it took you to do so, and any pain, discomfort and breathless, etc that you may have suffered whilst doing so ? etc, etc, etc !!

You should be aware that when you request an MR, any current PIP Awards, Daily Living and/or Mobility, that you might have, can be increased, reduced or taken away altogether, as they will look at the whole PIP Awards afresh.

Obviously if you have no current PIP Award, there is no risk involved.

See : PIP MR/Appeals Guidance.

Disability Rights UK Factsheet - Appeals and Mandatory Reconsiderations.

Once you have gone through The MR Process, if you are still unsuccessful, you have one month from the date of The MR Decision Notice Letter to appeal directly to The Tribunal Service. (TS)

You should do this using one copy of The MR Notice letter (keep the othercopy) and the : SSCS 1 Form (Download Link)

All this is explained in our PIP Appeals Guidance

You should concentrate on reiterating where and why you should have scored the extra points with respect to the applicable PIP Activities and the appropriate scoring PIP Descriptor for that Activity, whilst cross-referencing to any medical evidence that you have, or may have already provided which indicates that you should have.

See also : PIP Self Test

PIP Points Scoring System

&

PIP Claims Guide. (2nd Link down the page)

Good luck, and let us know how things progress !!

You should Bookmark/Favourite this page in your Internet Browser now.

That way you can return to this topic easily to pose any further queries that you may have by replying to the topic.

See : This Topic also !

Thanks in anticipation of your future co-operation in keeping all your PIP related queries to this topic !

bro58

Thanks Bro for advice I sent letter from nerve specialist with an explanation as to why I requested a re consideration. Almost by return of post we received a letter telling us she has been given full rate mobility, so less than a week. However still not received any payment from them.
Brilliant support from yourselves as always X

CLINE wrote: Thanks Bro for advice I sent letter from nerve specialist with an explanation as to why I requested a re consideration. Almost by return of post we received a letter telling us she has been given full rate mobility, so less than a week. However still not received any payment from them.
Brilliant support from yourselves as always X

Hi C,

Great News on the successful MR !!!

Well done !!!

Thanks for letting us know !

Yes. it may take 2-6 weeks for the MR decision to be reflected on her PIP file and for the arrears to be paid.

You could give it a week or so then contact PIP for an update !!

bro58

Hi there,
I have just read your post I'm unsure when you posted
I'm glad your daughter got the correct benefits Eventually.
I myself am a Acute lymphoblastic Leukaemia survivor of 26 years with different health issues related to the invasive treatments.