Pip decision and mandatory reconsideration

Hi Caval1er

If you are going to put in for a Mandatory Reconsideration to challenge the decision and you only mention this one point - your award will stay exactly the same. You want to focus on the questions where your points were lowered and say why you think the DWP are mistaken and what you should have scored. You cite evidence you have already submitted and answers that you told the assessor. The questions score points, not the fact that the assessor may have put the wrong name to a report or said they looked at a report that doesn't exist.

If you have to go to Appeal - you will have the same issue. The panel will judge whether the health professional was correct in allocating you the points they did for the questions. If they agree - you lose your appeal - if they disagree - you win your appeal. When they read through all the evidence, the Tribunal Panel may not be impressed if the assessor has wrongly named a report or said they looked at a report that doesn't exist, and they will weigh up the impact and decide whether or not it matters.

BIS

Hi Cavaller

I understand where you were coming from, but unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. The fact is human errors happen, and they will judge whether or not it is a critical one. It's quite easy for the DWP to argue that the assessor put down the wrong name of the report - it won't necessarily make the panel think the judgements made in the PA4 were incorrect.

That's why I said in your MR you should challenge the specific questions and points - not the clerical error. The clerical errors generally have to be very severe for the DWP to hold their hands up to them, and it normally leads to a claimant having to go through another assessment - which most people want to avoid.

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