PIP review (AR1 form) Text Message decision

LIZ007

poppy123456 said:

LIZ007 said:

Additionally, there are a large percentile of claimants who do not have a legal carer for their needs and also have what is called "invisible diseases and or conditions and disabilities". For these people especially, they need to have medical /specialist based evidence.

Im very familiar with invisible conditions because myself and my daughter has them. 

You don’t need specialist based evidence at all. The first time I claimed for my daughter in 2017 I had no medical evidence to send. In 2021 I had a PIP review and most of my claim was based on my anecdotal evidence. I had a paper based assessment. 

The most important part of any PIP claim in the form you fill in. A lot of claimants fail to give enough of information, which results in a refusal. 

I reiterate that legal carers meet the criteria. It also comes under an appointee needing to take care of all the claimants basic needs that fit the criteria which would negate the need for any medical based evidence. I don't claim to know what the situation was for your daughter but if another claimant did not oversee anything themselves due to their needs, then that too also meets criteria. More so if they have a legal guardian or legal carer.

Please remember that one claimant cannot always be the baseline for all others.

An exception would be when claimants of PiP who receive the enhanced rate of PIP Daily living, can share that they automatically reached the criteria to claim LWRCA from Universal Credit component. Then info such as this can of course be handy for others  if they were working and need or want the extra benefit entitlement.

As for invisible illnesses, again, I mentioned that this is the case for most claimants who do not have a legal guardian or carer. This would mean that its not for all claimants.

I do apologise if you have taken any offense but I need to reiterate that this isn't about a personal experience, it is about how the process works based on the needs of the claimant. In your case, medical evidence was not needed because she reached other sets of criteria which examples are mentioned above.

It should also be noted the application process for underage claimants has its own set of criteria also. (Not saying your daughter is or was underage at the time of your application). But if any underage soon to be claimants are reading this, then having a legal guardian / legal carer and or appointee for all your needs and requirements will meet the PIP criteria, you just need to follow the guidelines for filling in the form to their specifications.

Please, with respect can we try to be mindful with our responses on this thread, as it doesn't help anyone else who is looking for information to help with their claim, which with all this information myself and others have mentioned, it will help them...

...Including your experience with your daughter but it must be made clear this is not the case for every claimant as their are specifications - some of which I've mentioned above repeatedly - and also as each claim is different.

Disputes over what is fact, will not help others looking for someone who resonates with my own and others' situation. Some of the responses can be very misleading when all factors relating to your experience and the requirements of PIP/DWP are not accounted for.

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Note from online community team:Following review, we have now unpaused this discussion.It’s essential to keep information shared factually correct to avoid inadvertently disadvantaging those reading. With this in mind, please note that, “there is no automatic entitlement to PIP for people with particular health conditions.”(Source – Commons Library).Although we may presume someone with a carer attending to all their needs would get a successful outcome (having filled in the form correctly), this decision isn’t guaranteed. Ultimately, the process remains subjective and hinges on the evaluation of all the evidence by the decision maker, with numerous stories attesting to decisions that otherwise have appeared straight forward not going as expected.Moving on from this point, please remember that all discussions on Scope’s online community should remain civil, supportive, and safe.

poppy123456

Having a carer or an appointee doesn’t automatically entitle anyone to PIP. The only ones that are automatically entitled are those claiming for end of life (12 months or less) with the SR1 form (previously known as DS1500) 
I won’t be commenting further on this thread. 

LIZ007

poppy123456 said:

Having a carer or an appointee doesn’t automatically entitle anyone to PIP. The only ones that are automatically entitled are those claiming for end of life (12 months or less) with the SR1 form (previously known as DS1500) 
I won’t be commenting further on this thread. 

Again, you misquote. Meeting criteria isn't equal to automatic entitlement to PiP. Everyone must go through the application process. 

The only automatic entitlement, is as I stated -  is upon being awarded Enhanced Daily Living of PIP, then one automatically qualifies for the LCWRA component of Universal Credit ( UC )

...to clarify for anyone confused.

Community_Scope

Hello @LIZ007

Although that is one proposal of the recent Disability White Paper, it is not current practice. To confirm  - receiving enhanced daily living PIP does not automatically entitle anyone to LCWRA.

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