PIP at last!

[wheezyof]

Yes folks, at last after 8 months I have been awarded PIP.(full rate for care, standard for mobility) I'm very pleased, especially as I have received a backdated lump sum.

However just as an aside: I cannot be awarded the higher rate for mobility as my changes in mobility needs occurred after I reached pensionable age. Yet in the section on Equality and Diversity it states "We are committed to treating people fairly, regardless of their disability, ethnicity...age, .... Please contact us if you have any concerns.

I wonder what they would say if all the pensioners amongst us contacted them and claimed discrimination?

[Badbessie]

Excellent news.

[ledge]

That's good news that you got the PIP. Persistence pays off.

I think I might try, but I am still able to toddle around and its my guess they will throw it out of court if I try.

[wheezyof in reply to ledge]

Try. It's worth the hassle xxx

[Hidden]

Congratulations. I completely agree with you. The cut off age of 65 is ridiculous and discrimitory. Just when we need our cars more the government decides that we will be staying at home because we are officially decrepit.

[peege]

Well done you for hanging on in there and congratulations! P

[skischool]

Way to go wheezyof ,very pleased for you and totally in agreement with you about the age discrimination,thank goodness i got my PIP just before my 65th birthday.it may well be worth researching if there is a group action/petition in the offing to redress this issue.

Best wishes Ski's and a cat that never ages.

[Georgiab123]

Hi I dnt get anything, my daughter was with me at the medical the nurse told a lot of lies my daughter has wrote a letter I sent a doctors letter I’m still waiting for reply

[wheezyof in reply to Georgiab123]

Hang in there. Get all the help you can to appeal.

PIP claims are a nightmare. The rules are strange. I believe that our own doctors, consultants and nurses are being brushed aside and the PIP is being paid out on the say so of people who don't know us. It's wrong. How can they ignore the opinion of our medical teams?

I hope you win. Good luck.