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5 years 8 months ago #216473 by George
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Hello
Quite new to this forum, so hello everyone.
I am looking for a bit of advice, it may have been answered many times before but i am the sort of person who can only deal with advice on my own post..sorry if that sounds stupid.
So I have been on DLA for around 8 years, I am on high rate care and high rate mobility, I’m a really anxious sort of person so when it was announced that DLA was being replaced by PIP and there was a strong possibility that a face to face would be required then I had it in my mind that I couldn’t put myself through that.
I do work in a sedentary job and am supported in work through the access to work programe , my disability advisor had been going on and on at me to apply for PIP so eventually I gave in and filled the forms out with her help and submitted them with a ton of medical backup from my consultants.
Well I had the assessment yesterday and it was at home, I found the assessor to be very unfriendly, there where lots of questions asked that I wasn’t expecting but I answered them to the best of my ability, my wife was with me but her comments where generally ignored, I read so many times that if you work then you won’t qualify so I am confused by this, is it true? I thought that PIP had nothing to do with your capabilities to go to work, but the assessor was very meticulous in her questioning , typing away like a busy little beaver, when they asked if I worked and I replied yes, I could see the shocked expression on their face.
When it came to the moving around question I was so worked up and confused that I think I have answered wrong, I was asked how long I could walk for in minutes, I replied I am always in pain from the moment my feet are on the ground, that’s not what I asked they snapped back..how many minutes can you walk, umm I don’t know 3 or 4 I guess I replied...they said so I will put down 4..
Now after the assessment was over and they had gone and I had more time to reflect I feel that the honest answer was only around 1, there seemed to be no consideration that I was walking through the pain, or that I had to start and stop and I even forgot to mention that fact, so I think in my mind that my mobility element will be declined.
Does anyone have any experience with the some type of situation and the outcome, at the minute I don’t know what to think.
G
Quite new to this forum, so hello everyone.
I am looking for a bit of advice, it may have been answered many times before but i am the sort of person who can only deal with advice on my own post..sorry if that sounds stupid.
So I have been on DLA for around 8 years, I am on high rate care and high rate mobility, I’m a really anxious sort of person so when it was announced that DLA was being replaced by PIP and there was a strong possibility that a face to face would be required then I had it in my mind that I couldn’t put myself through that.
I do work in a sedentary job and am supported in work through the access to work programe , my disability advisor had been going on and on at me to apply for PIP so eventually I gave in and filled the forms out with her help and submitted them with a ton of medical backup from my consultants.
Well I had the assessment yesterday and it was at home, I found the assessor to be very unfriendly, there where lots of questions asked that I wasn’t expecting but I answered them to the best of my ability, my wife was with me but her comments where generally ignored, I read so many times that if you work then you won’t qualify so I am confused by this, is it true? I thought that PIP had nothing to do with your capabilities to go to work, but the assessor was very meticulous in her questioning , typing away like a busy little beaver, when they asked if I worked and I replied yes, I could see the shocked expression on their face.
When it came to the moving around question I was so worked up and confused that I think I have answered wrong, I was asked how long I could walk for in minutes, I replied I am always in pain from the moment my feet are on the ground, that’s not what I asked they snapped back..how many minutes can you walk, umm I don’t know 3 or 4 I guess I replied...they said so I will put down 4..
Now after the assessment was over and they had gone and I had more time to reflect I feel that the honest answer was only around 1, there seemed to be no consideration that I was walking through the pain, or that I had to start and stop and I even forgot to mention that fact, so I think in my mind that my mobility element will be declined.
Does anyone have any experience with the some type of situation and the outcome, at the minute I don’t know what to think.
G
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5 years 8 months ago #216488 by Gordon
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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George
Whilst PIP is not a benefit that is affected directly by the claimant working, the claimant working can argue against their meeting the criteria for DLA or PIP and this is the issue that must be addressed as part of your claim.
As a deliberately silly example; if you were working delivering the Mail then you should expect to have issues scoring for the Mobility component.
The assessors ask about walking time because they know that many claimants will not have a view of this prior to being asked.
Average walking speeds for a healthy person are between 72m and 90m per minute. At best, someone walking very slowly would cover 36m to 45m, so your answer may cause problems if you were hoping to score for being unable to walk more than 20m.
Claimants are not required to complete any of the PIP activities pain-free but any pain that limits there ability to complete the activity should be considered.
Gordon
Whilst PIP is not a benefit that is affected directly by the claimant working, the claimant working can argue against their meeting the criteria for DLA or PIP and this is the issue that must be addressed as part of your claim.
As a deliberately silly example; if you were working delivering the Mail then you should expect to have issues scoring for the Mobility component.
The assessors ask about walking time because they know that many claimants will not have a view of this prior to being asked.
Average walking speeds for a healthy person are between 72m and 90m per minute. At best, someone walking very slowly would cover 36m to 45m, so your answer may cause problems if you were hoping to score for being unable to walk more than 20m.
Claimants are not required to complete any of the PIP activities pain-free but any pain that limits there ability to complete the activity should be considered.
Gordon
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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