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Where are you in the process?
The vast majority of claimants will have to have a face to face assessment, there are still considerable delays in this part of the process with it taking months for an appointment where it should be weeks.
Although a positive PIP report can be used to help make an ESA Decision it cannot substitute for an assessment.
Gordon