PIP rejected at mandatory reconsideration

Pb2022

Do you have a copy of the assessment report; a PA4 if you had an assessment or a PA3 if your review was paper-based? If not then contact the DWP for a copy, it will allow you to better understand how the Decision was made.

You can request an appeal of the Decision by contacting the Tribunal Service, our appeal guide explains how to do this. Your request needs to be made within one month of the date on the MR Notice, you can make a Late appeal but will need to explain why it is late, the TS can reject your reasons but this would be very unusual.

If you do appeal then you need to address each of the issues raised in the assessment, as an example you mention that they have said that you can use an aid to help you cook, typically this might be a perching tool which would be expected to negate your problems with balance, if this is not the case or using the stool would cause additional problems then you need to explain why this is the case.

You don't say how many points you scored for DL but you will need at least 12 for an Enhanced award, so make sure you can se how you would achieve this.

There is also a guide to arguing the issues in the assessment report which might be helpful.

Gordon

Hi Pb2022

As Gordon stated in his post you do need a copy of the assessors report PA4 or PA3 if you had a paper assessment.

When you have the assessment report you will have a better understanding of how the DWP Decision Maker has come to their conclusions and you will now be able to argue against them.

I usually use a highlighter to highlight any inaccuracies, once you have gone through the report you then set out why you are applying for a MR and go through each descriptor one at a time why you disagree with the assessor and try and match it with any supporting documents you may have sent in.

Understand that the assessor is offering an opinion when they say 'in my opinion' you can do the PIP activities, tackling these head-on is unlikely to be successful, you need to show that the basis of that opinion is founded on incorrect information, so try and refer to your evidence to undermine what they have said., remember they are just an opinion which is not based on fact.

Also, try and stick to issues that lead to your scoring points, I often hear members referring to the assessors spelling, as an example, whilst it may show a lack of professionalism, raising it as an issue isn't going to help you get an award.

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;

Lastly, make sure that you understand the criteria that you are being assessed against you can put the best case forward that is possible but you won't score points if you do not meet the PIP Descriptors.

The first stage to challenging a Decision 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; benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/pip

For the CRMR1 form to initiate your MR; www.gov.uk/government/publications/chall...ork-and-pensions-dwp

If you are just asking DWP to look at the daily living component then say so, I usually say that I do not dispute the finding for the mobility component but I dispute the finding for the daily living component ....... then list the reasons why you are disputing the daily living component.

Take heed of Gordons warning, you may loose what you have already been awarded

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.

Gary

Hi Pb2022

Before you make any decision you do need to get a copy of the assessors report, this is what the decision makers use to make their decision.

Gary