No award as no diagnosis plus other things

skyladawn
skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
edited February 2023 in PIP, DLA, and AA
Received my letter and I’m not entitled to pip but nearly everything in the letter contradicts what the assessor has put
plus this last bit of letter makes no sense
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    edited February 2023
    The last bit does indeed make no sense!

  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    edited February 2023
    Just read the letter again 
    am I reading this wrong?
  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    edited February 2023
    @calcotti I’m going to but get as much help as I can, it states I have no specialist mental health input, yet they had a letter from my psychiatric nurse from my mental health team
  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    It appears you got some points but not as many as 8 for either section (Daily Living or Mobility) - therefore no award.
  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    @calcotti yes but it states I have decided that you need prompting for preparing a meal and washing but I have not been awarded the point that go with that they have scored me 0 and that’s what’s not making sense 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    skyladawn said:
    @calcotti yes but it states I have decided that you need prompting for preparing a meal and washing but I have not been awarded the point that go with that they have scored me 0 and that’s what’s not making sense 
    I missed that. I put that in an MR.
  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    I’m going to, is it best to do it in writing? 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 62,051 Championing
    It also says you need assistance to make complex budgeting decisions, which should be 2 points, did you score points for this?
  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    @poppy123456 yes I got those it was just for the meal prep and washing bit  I didn’t 
    what is the best course of action in this case, call them and say it makes no sense or call and say I want to do a MR in writing?
  • livelife87
    livelife87 Community member Posts: 26 Connected
    Did you get a copy of your report? I’m curious whether the DWP went with it. My symptoms are similar to yours and I got 11 points daily living and 10 mobility. 
  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    Hi @livelife87 yes I did and if I go by the report I would of got standard daily at least, but the award letter even contradicted things the assessor had written in the report 
    DM states I was not anxious assessor states I was things like that 
    the no specialist mental health input when clearly it states that there is and the therapy I’m receiving plus I’m being prescribed antipsychotic medication by the mental health team 🤷🏼‍♀️
    makes no sense to me at all 😔
  • livelife87
    livelife87 Community member Posts: 26 Connected
    Yeah, sounds like the DWP is clearly in error. Deffo do MR. I’ll probably get something similar now. When did you have assessment?
  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    Had my assessment on the 30th January 23, got a text saying they had the report the next day, the decision letter is dated the 07/02/23 I’ve only just received it though. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 62,051 Championing
    skyladawn said:
    @poppy123456 yes I got those it was just for the meal prep and washing bit  I didn’t 
    what is the best course of action in this case, call them and say it makes no sense or call and say I want to do a MR in writing?
    If not awarding those points has cost you an award then you should definitely mention all of that in your MR request. You should put that in writing stating where and why you think you should have scored those points. 
  • livelife87
    livelife87 Community member Posts: 26 Connected
    You had your assessment a week before mine then. I’d rather not have the decision now. In fact, I’m tempted to just withdraw all together. It’s been super stressful.
  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    @poppy123456 it has before awarding them it was 7 points if I got them it would of been 11. I’m going to go through the report and the letter with highlighters, different colours for different bits, so I’m clear what is contradicting what then take it all to someone who can help me 

  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    @livelife87 please don’t give up 
    there have been many people who have been successful x
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 62,051 Championing
    livelife87 said:
    You had your assessment a week before mine then. I’d rather not have the decision now. In fact, I’m tempted to just withdraw all together. It’s been super stressful.
    It would be a shame to give up now. The majority of people that claim any disability benefits experience the same stress and anxiety, it’s perfectly normal. 

    It’s rare for the decision maker to go against the report but it can happen. 
  • Community_Scope
    Community_Scope Posts: 1,507 Empowering
    Hello @skyladawn

    Just to let you know, we removed the image of your letter as it had the decision makers name on it.
  • skyladawn
    skyladawn Community member Posts: 55 Contributor
    Oh ok sorry I didn’t realise 

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