No award as no diagnosis plus other things

skyladawn

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

calcotti

The last bit does indeed make no sense!

All you can do now, if you wish, is request a Mandatory Reconsideration.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/benefits-introduction/problems-with-benefits-and-tax-credits/challenging-benefit-decisions/

skyladawn

Just read the letter again 
am I reading this wrong?

skyladawn

@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

It appears you got some points but not as many as 8 for either section (Daily Living or Mobility) - therefore no award.

skyladawn

@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

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

I’m going to, is it best to do it in writing? 

poppy123456

It also says you need assistance to make complex budgeting decisions, which should be 2 points, did you score points for this?

skyladawn

@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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@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

@livelife87 please don’t give up 
there have been many people who have been successful x

poppy123456

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

Hello @skyladawn

Just to let you know, we removed the image of your letter as it had the decision makers name on it.

skyladawn

Oh ok sorry I didn’t realise