FAILED PIP MR

Thanks Gordon. I have just been put on morphine for pain so not very coherent at the minute but will have my son with me when he calls in. I did leave him a message saying could he please come earlier than 11 am on Wednesday as I very rarely sleep through the night and will be very sleepy by 9 to 10 am so we will see what happens. I will let you know the outcome. I will be so happy once the PIP appeal is over and done with too. I did do my own submission and have a strong letter of evidence from my CPN so I will send this to them too. The bundle of papers is just being checked over by the CAB advisor so I will send it all off this week and then just wait for the court date.

Hi Gordon and Team, I called the DWP mystery man and I explained to him that if he didn't mind talking to me whilst I am laid on my bed then all will be fine. He asked me if I was this ill most of the time and I replied 'Oh yes, I have been dealing with this pain for a long time now', he then said he would call me again in a couple of weeks to rearrange, I agreed that was fine. He said that it is nothing to worry about and he will just check to see if I am receiving all of what I am owed! I tried my hardest not to laugh out loud....
My PIP hearing date is the 21st July at 2 pm so I am happy now we are getting closer.

Well the guy did turn up as expected to my house and he was a very serious character. It was actually nothing to do with a benefit check as he had sort of implied although his words were ' nothing to worry about, I just want to check you are getting all the benefits you are entitled to'. It actually was a housing benefit check so he wanted 2 forms of ID, he wanted to see all of my bank accounts too. I have 3 Halifax accounts, I brought them up online for him and they all had a balance of 0. Lots of questions were asked too. As he left the house he said 'after the check your benefits will remain the same'. That was it. I had no letter either, just a phone call. My PIP Court appeal date is 21st July at 2 pm so getting as much evidence together as possible. I will keep you informed.

Hi Gordon, I have the PIP appeal coming up on the 21st July at 2pm and have been busy trying to get the last minute evidence together. I did see a chap at the CAB who seemed to think it would not be of any use to send my submission letter but he said you can take it on the day and read from it as a sort of 'day in the life of me' type of thing. I am sending it anyway as I feel it will be important for them. I will have my 22 year old son with me so fingers crossed it will all go according to plan and I get my awards. I will update you with the outcome, Happy Sunday to you!

Hi Gordon, the chap (CAB) who helped me with my appeal bundle has sent the extra evidence off and today I received in the post from the Courts and Tribunal the bundle copied back which I take on the day. I have noticed though that he has put I can no longer walk anymore then 50 metres but it is actually 20 metres. Can I correct this at my tribunal please Gordon? I am that dosed up on medication for pain that I can't think straight and in all honestly I don't even know how far this is, all I know is that I am in agony when I hit the end of my drive which is not too far from my front door. I really need the enhanced award as to afford to use this to help me get better, thanks Gordon.