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Butterfly

Yes you need to wait for the Decision to be made before you request an MR.

Decisions normally take 2-4 weeks so there may still be a window for you to contact the DWP with your concerns about the report. I would phone rather than write.

If the Decision is not what you hoped for the you can request an MR, this needs to be done in writing to the DWP, within one month of the Decision, to the office that dealt with your claim, have a look at our PIP MR & Appeal guide for details of the process, the PIP area also has template letters that you can use to make the request with.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip

You should contact the DWP for a copy of the assessment report if you have not already done so, I would phone them but again follow up the request in writing. Once you have the assessment report you will have a better understanding of how the DWP Decision Maker has come to their conclusions and will then be able to argue against them.

Your primary task is to show that you meet the criteria, there are many reasons you may have failed, you need to address each of these but don't get bogged down in criticising the assessment report unless you can clearly show that it is incorrect, it is a lot easier to argue the facts of the situation;

"the assessor recorded that I walked 50m, I did but they have failed to document that I had to stop every 10m for a rest due to breathlessness"

than their opinions

"based on my observations of the claimant walking I believe that they can reliably walk more than 200m.

When you have a better idea of the issues with your claim, come back to the forum and we will do our best to help.

Gordon

butterfly

Yes phone the DWP. They won't put you through to a Decision Maker but if you explain that you are calling about the report they will take a note of your comments and these will be sent on to the DM, it may not make a difference but it also might.

Gordon

butterfly

Yes these are exactly the things to tell them about.

One last thing, if a Decision has already been made then I would make it clear that you are not at this time requesting an MR although you may do once you have received the Decision Letter.


Gordon