PIP reinstated

[OldProgie]

A bit of good news for once. After being awarded 0 points on my PIP reassessment, and losing my existing PIP, my mandatory reassessment has just come through and reinstated my claim.

I was awarded a few extra points this time, but I still think I was short-changed. I am now eligible for a blue badge, but not enough for higher rate mobility (10 points).

I could probably take it to a tribunal, but I have a few health issues being investigated which may alter things down the line, so I will probably wait for a while.

Hope this offers hope to somebody else though. The biggest piece of advice I would offer to anyone applying or appealing though is EVIDENCE. For my MR, I provided over 50 pages of evidence including phycology reports, specialists reports, photographic evidence and a paper trail of appointments, referrals and prescriptions so they could not lie anymore.

Above all, have hope and fight for what you deserve.

[mattjoachim]

That good news The gov held an enquiry into the way assessments are being carried out and why so many were wining when going to Tribunal.I submitted my case and it was published at the time in 2018 The I C E who looked at my case at that time told me my case should never have jwent to Tribunal but I still had to to get my ESA again. After the enquiry the recommendations were DMs in the DW P get more decisions right at MR stage I have now read on another site that more people are sucessful at MR stage and the case the DWP allow to go to Tribunal they stand a better chance on winning as they now have more P O trained and more PO are sitting in on Tribunal hearings

[Midori in reply to mattjoachim]

The problem lies with the private companies that the DWP employ to make the assessments. Capita, IAS (ATOS), etc. They are the ones marking down the clients, even outright lying about the capabilities of claimants. DWP has to take what the Assessors say and make a decision on that, which leads to the gross mistakes often made.

[mattjoachim in reply to Midori]

I agree but what happened in my case showed the DWP DM was aware of a flawed assessment and still said it was fit for purpose After I complained to Maximus about my assessment they awarded me a consolatory payment and their manager wrore a letter of apology and sent a letter to DWP informing them my assessment was flawed and had omissions and errors. This was all done 7 months before my Tribunal date yet the DWP let the case go to Tribunal . Since the recommendations made after the Gov. enquiry this kind of thing should not be happening again as the Assessment providers and the DWP are to exchange their information more thorough when a complaint is received and more cases should be resolved at MR stage