Additional Evidence with Mandatory Reconsideration

Hello!

I have this week received my PIP award letter, awarding me standard rate daily living needs and standard rate mobility.

Yes this is good news, but I have decided to request a mandatory reconsideration (MR). When I completed the PIP form some months ago I had not discovered this helpful and supportive site. I thought I had been thorough in completing the form including extensive medical documentation, but I clearly misunderstood the Mobility Question of Planning and Following a Journey. It is this element of the assessment I wish to provide additional evidence for particularly relevant to 11 d can not follow the route of an unfamiliar journey without another person or orientation aid. In my award letter they state that because I can drive and do a crossword I have good cognition and therefore score 11a. I can not travel to unfamiliar places alone if I experience an episode of fatigue I can barely focus my eyes never mind orientate myself safely on wards or back to home, I would rely on my sister to assist. Or have a totally misunderstood this question??

I have used your template to draft my MR letter - thank you so much!
I have a letter from my consultant that arrived after I submitted my PIP assessment (but was refused during my medical interview) with pertinent information relating to Q11. I also have an appointment to see my GP whom I am hoping will agree to completing the GP comment template from your site relating to Q 11 only.
Am I also allowed to include as evidence a separate sheet containing my own additional information in answer to question 11 much like the additional notes section at the end of the main assessment.

Should I also note in the MR any inaccuracies with the final report, or am I being picky? I am aware they will review my application and not just the one question I am supplying additional information for.

For those interested I had my medical interview at home and it took 2 hrs. Within a few days I requested a copy of the report, which took a week or two to arrive. The questionnaire scores at the end of the report indicated I would not be eligible for any PIP award, living or mobility. I can tell you now my heart sank some of the contents were factually incorrect - but I put it to the back of my mind and decided I would focus on it once the outcome letter arrived. I knew they could not ignore the sound medical evidence I had supplied, but I am disappointed by the medical report from the nurse that interviewed me.

I had previously been on lifetime DLA (mobility element only) since I was 16 I am now in my late forties and this is the first time I have encountered PIP. Which is why I am going down the MR route, I feel I need to set this as a benchmark for my future PIP assessments/awards. It took me over a week to complete the form in May as I was and still am recovering from a severe lung infection due to a physical disability I have had since birth. It really does take a lot of concentration and effort to complete the form fully. I have already spent a day on the first draft of the MR! I need chocolate!

Thank you for all the advice and apologies for the long post