Pip Appeal

Hi Nikki-White

You already brought up your pain at your review - so it is relevant at your appeal. Because you did not have the diagnosis at the time of the review - they may just accept it or argue that you will have to put in a change of circumstances.

You can inform them that you have been referred to the Adult Autism Team - but it will probably make little difference to the panel as you have yet to see them.

I can't tell you what evidence you need to include for you, because I don't know you or anything about your medical condition and how it impacts your life as per the PIP criteria. If you're struggling to understand the guide - you need to try and find someone who can help. I know this is not easy. If you don't have friends or relatives who can help you could try and find a specialist welfare advisor in your area who could help you put in an appeal? I have included a link advicelocal.uk/

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Hi Nikki-White

I can't pretend that the appeals process isn't daunting but you have a much better chance of winning on appeal that you have at the mandatory reconsideration stage because there will be a medical expert on the panel and a disability champion who will have more understanding of your conditions/s

Driving will come up at your tribunal and the DWP has been known to argue that if someone says their condition prevents them from doing things at home, then they are not well enough to drive and should inform the DVLA immediately. However, there are also plenty of people who have PIP who also drive. I can't tell you what to say, because only you know your condition and how it affects you, but you want to include how often you drive, and how often you are stopped from driving. Explain why you don't use public transport. There are also people who have PIP and go to college. I don't know if this is recent or a long time ago -but again you need to counter their arguments.

I can't tell you exactly what will be useful, but once your case has been submitted to the tribunal's service you can always add additional information. That is explained in the guide when you are up to taking a look. It's a much shorter guide than the general one.
benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/pip

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