Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Arthritis and PIP

Anne

If you are only expecting to score for the Moving Around activity then the question you need to ask before doing an MR is whether you can reasonably show that your walking is restricted to 20m or less.

This is less than 50m used for DLA and the PIP criteria stricter than that used for the DLA "virtually unable to walk" even when the PIP reliability criteria are applied.

Gordon

Hi Anne

The first stage to challenging a Decision is for you to request a Mandatory Reconsideration, 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"

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.

Gary

Anne

Ignore anything that does not help you score points.

First, the reasons that you received DLA Higher Rate Care do not exist under PIP so it is all about the points you can score. You scored six points, where do you reasonably think that you can score the additional two points you need for a Daily Living award?

You are on the back foot if you ticked that you can walk 20m-50m on the form and you may struggle to explain why you ticked the wrong box especially if the assessor's report is supportive of the distance, the award is also constant with your previous DLA HRN, so did you show any deterioration since you were assessed for DLA?

Gordon