pip awarded on mandority recon

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Only you can make the decision whether to take the matter further.

Can you realistically see where you would score the extra four points needed for an Enhanced award?

You say your issues are with prompting, do you receive the prompting and who from, if you don't then have you explained how you manage?

You say you have anxiety, this is a very general term and can cover a wide range of limitations, is it a formal diagnosis and are you receiving any treatment for it?

Gordon

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Based on your post, at best you would score two points more for Managing therapies which is still short of the four you need for an increased award and although you appear to mention problems with walking due to your dizziness, you don't actually state the distances that you are limited to

All I can suggest is that you go back to the PIP Claim guide to make sure you understand the criteria you need to meet.

If you want to challenge the Decision then the first stage to doing so 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"

than their opinions

"based on my observations of the claimant walking I believe that they can reliably walk more than 200m.

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.

Gordon