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5 years 8 months ago #214177 by chuck
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Hi had pip assessment and scored 10 for mobility. The assessment nurse said I walked 26 meters from the car park. Which I did not I walked from a disabled bay at the front door of the centre which is about 4 meters to the door then about 6 meters to the the room that was it. Any advice have put in reconconcideration.

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5 years 8 months ago #214204 by Gordon
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chuck wrote: Hi had pip assessment and scored 10 for mobility. The assessment nurse said I walked 26 meters from the car park. Which I did not I walked from a disabled bay at the front door of the centre which is about 4 meters to the door then about 6 meters to the the room that was it. Any advice have put in reconconcideration.


What walking distance did you state on the form and why?

Are then issues that argue against the distance, for example; do you go shopping?

Gordon

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5 years 8 months ago #214240 by chuck
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Hi thanks for responce
I said I could walk no more then 20 meters.
Also at assessment did say I do not go shopping as I carnt manage it as I struggle to walk with my arthritis.
I don't think the assessment center is 26 meters the whole of the building.
I use 2 walking sticks and she just kept saying my hands looked strong.

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5 years 8 months ago #214264 by Gordon
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chuck wrote: Hi thanks for responce
I said I could walk no more then 20 meters.
Also at assessment did say I do not go shopping as I carnt manage it as I struggle to walk with my arthritis.
I don't think the assessment center is 26 meters the whole of the building.
I use 2 walking sticks and she just kept saying my hands looked strong.


Although the comment in the assessment report is important as a stand alone comment it does not define your walking so you need to go back to your claim form to look at what you have written.

You are not required to walk pain free but any pain that restricts the distance that you can walk should be taken into account.

Specifically for the Moving Around activity, if you are able to walk but you are in severe pain when doing so, then you can argue that your walking is not to a necessary standard and should be disregarded.

The legal test requires you to stand and then move (walk), so if you have problems getting up then you should document these as well.

If you walk slowly then it must take you at least twice the time to cover the 20m as a healthy person would, this could be down to the speed of your walking but could also be the result of having to stop.

You must be able to repeat the distance, so if you could walk it once but not then be able to walk it again within a reasonable timescale then you should be classed as unable to repeat the activity.

I'm afraid I can't tell you how to show your walking is more restricted but things you need to think about is what you can't do, for example what can you walk in your house, how far is the toilet from where you normally sit, things that will count against you are any trips that you make outside, so for example, how do you do your shopping?

You must be able to walk the distance you can, reliably and on the majority of days, both these terms are defined in the PIP Claim guide

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip

So you need to explain what you can, how you are limited and why.

Gordon

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