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PIP MR
8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #160483 by slugsta
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Replied by slugsta on topic PIP MR
Hi India and Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explain where everything is
Welcome to Benefits and Work
I'm sorry that you are going through this
As you say, your next step is to request a Mandatory Reconsideration. Our PIP guide has a section that explains this process (and appeal, if things get that far).
PIP help for claimants
If you have not already asked for a copy of the assessor's report, it will be helpful to do so. That will help you understand why you did not score points as you had expected. The criteria for PIP are very different from those for DLA and this has been the undoing of many claimants.
If the report does not arrive in time, don't delay getting the MR request submitted. You can give brief details and say that you will send in more information when you have the report.
You might want to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. This will allow you to return with more questions/comments without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too
Welcome to Benefits and Work
I'm sorry that you are going through this
As you say, your next step is to request a Mandatory Reconsideration. Our PIP guide has a section that explains this process (and appeal, if things get that far).
PIP help for claimants
If you have not already asked for a copy of the assessor's report, it will be helpful to do so. That will help you understand why you did not score points as you had expected. The criteria for PIP are very different from those for DLA and this has been the undoing of many claimants.
If the report does not arrive in time, don't delay getting the MR request submitted. You can give brief details and say that you will send in more information when you have the report.
You might want to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. This will allow you to return with more questions/comments without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too
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8 years 10 months ago #160517 by Gordon
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Replied by Gordon on topic PIP MR
India
If they have not contacted your psychiatrist as part of the assessment then they certainly won't do so during an MR.
To try and set your expectations for the MR. Revision rates are low but they do happen, oddly the more complete and detailed the claimants original form is the less likely they are to see the DWP update their Decision, the reverse is true at appeal. So your not using our guides could be to your advantage, however, Decision Makers tend to view the form as being the more representative picture of the claimants problems, they seem unable to grasp the idea that the claimant may have actually misunderstood the criteria against which they are being assessed
So to answer your question I would build on what you have already written, go through your PIP2, the assessment report and our Claim guide to see where you have failed to show that you meet the criteria and fill in the gaps. It could be that you have fundamentally misunderstood some of the criteria or it could be that you have failed to show that you meet all of the requirements, many of the PIP activities have multiple elements, all of which need to be met to receive points.
Gordon
If they have not contacted your psychiatrist as part of the assessment then they certainly won't do so during an MR.
To try and set your expectations for the MR. Revision rates are low but they do happen, oddly the more complete and detailed the claimants original form is the less likely they are to see the DWP update their Decision, the reverse is true at appeal. So your not using our guides could be to your advantage, however, Decision Makers tend to view the form as being the more representative picture of the claimants problems, they seem unable to grasp the idea that the claimant may have actually misunderstood the criteria against which they are being assessed
So to answer your question I would build on what you have already written, go through your PIP2, the assessment report and our Claim guide to see where you have failed to show that you meet the criteria and fill in the gaps. It could be that you have fundamentally misunderstood some of the criteria or it could be that you have failed to show that you meet all of the requirements, many of the PIP activities have multiple elements, all of which need to be met to receive points.
Gordon
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