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6 years 9 months ago #191719 by Marion
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Hello I am in receipt of PIP, higher rate DLA and lower rate mobility. Since my reward (2019) my mobility has worsened. I am worried that if I apply for higher rate mobility that DWP could take away my total PIP award before 2019. Would this be allowed to happen. Due to circumstances as they stand at present in UK I am worried that I could loose everything. I suffer from Fibromyalgia and osteoporosis and my condition is not going to get better.
Thank you in anticipation to my question
Marion
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6 years 9 months ago #191731 by Gordon
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I'm afraid that your reporting a change in your conditions will result in a full reassessment of your claim, this will result in a new Decision which can increase, decrease or remove your award.
You say that your conditions have deteriorated, so the first thing you need to do is to look at the PIP Claim guide to see whether it is sufficient for you to score the extra points you need for a higher award. Whilst the DWP require claimants to notify them of an improvement they are less bothered about being told that they have got worse, so there is no value in your notifying them unless you have a reasonable certainty that you would receive a higher award.
If you do decide to tell the DWP, then do it in writing and I would send it by a tracked post as it is important that you can show when you notified them of the change.
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I'm afraid that your reporting a change in your conditions will result in a full reassessment of your claim, this will result in a new Decision which can increase, decrease or remove your award.
You say that your conditions have deteriorated, so the first thing you need to do is to look at the PIP Claim guide to see whether it is sufficient for you to score the extra points you need for a higher award. Whilst the DWP require claimants to notify them of an improvement they are less bothered about being told that they have got worse, so there is no value in your notifying them unless you have a reasonable certainty that you would receive a higher award.
If you do decide to tell the DWP, then do it in writing and I would send it by a tracked post as it is important that you can show when you notified them of the change.
Gordon
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6 years 9 months ago #191740 by Marion
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Thank you very much for your advice and information Gordon. Much appreciated and thought that you might say what you have.
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6 years 9 months ago #191742 by Judy
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Don't forget you will be reassessed a year before your award runs out.
I personally would hang fire until then. But then I'm going through the process of appeal because telling them at my reassessment that my health had got worse seemed to tell them that I had gotten alot better!
Work that one out. I'm fairly sure that if Jesus had visited and performed a miracle I would have somehow remembered the occasion.
I personally would hang fire until then. But then I'm going through the process of appeal because telling them at my reassessment that my health had got worse seemed to tell them that I had gotten alot better!
Work that one out. I'm fairly sure that if Jesus had visited and performed a miracle I would have somehow remembered the occasion.
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