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4 years 4 months ago #254221 by Dennis Firth
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A Friend of mine took part in her PIP reassessment with her assessor over the phone. After a couple of days she received a call saying that the [decision] maker her/him-self wanted to ask her some more questions over the phone. She said OK and answered the questions. She then received another call from the decision maker to be questioned again. After this, she received another call telling her she had lost her high rate of mobility. Could I please ask if this is a lawful way to conduct an assessment?
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4 years 4 months ago #254233 by Gary
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Hi Denbo17
We live in strange times, I do not see anything illegal in what you described.
It has to be your friends decision whether they request an MR or not.
The first stage to challenging a Decision is for them 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 their claim, have a look at our PIP MR & Appeal guide for details of the process, the PIP area also has template letters that can use to make the request with.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
Your friend should contact the DWP for a copy of the assessment report if they have not already done so, I would phone them but again follow up the request in writing. Once they have the assessment report they 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.
Their primary task is to show that they meet the criteria, there are many reasons they may have failed, they need to address each of these but don't get bogged down in criticising the assessment report unless they 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.
If you have any further questions then please come back to the forum.
Gary
We live in strange times, I do not see anything illegal in what you described.
It has to be your friends decision whether they request an MR or not.
The first stage to challenging a Decision is for them 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 their claim, have a look at our PIP MR & Appeal guide for details of the process, the PIP area also has template letters that can use to make the request with.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
Your friend should contact the DWP for a copy of the assessment report if they have not already done so, I would phone them but again follow up the request in writing. Once they have the assessment report they 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.
Their primary task is to show that they meet the criteria, there are many reasons they may have failed, they need to address each of these but don't get bogged down in criticising the assessment report unless they 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.
If you have any further questions then please come back to the forum.
Gary
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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