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pip12345

I abosrbed as much information as I could do from this forum and other sources.

I had my telephone assesment yesterday. I told the advisor that the call will be recorded.

Her stance and tone was very neutral. I told her all the information she wants to know has been provided in writing and to avoid repeat asking as I have social anxiety. She said she still needs to go through everything. I was in the call for a total of 1 hour and 20 minutes. 

Her questions were blatantly framed to try and find inconsistencies in description activities and was trying to catch me out. Very witty and jumpy from one topic to another. 

One thing I learned from this whole process is to write down every anticipated question and answer and send it to DWP. 
1) as it's provided in writing they will avoid repeat asking
2) as you've wrote it down you can provide the answer from memory more easily without being caught off guard.

In the end she just said she will write the report now and send the report to DWP. She said the decision letter will have everything I need. 

Now I'm trying to decode this, does it mean everything I need to know how to appeal? Or everything I need.l, meaning all the help I need? Only time will tell but your thoughts would help my anxious waiting.

poppy123456

The whole point of these assessments is to gather more evidence to support your claim. If you had given enough of relevant information in the form you filled in then there wouldn't have been any need for the assessment.

You can't dictate to the assessor the questions they can't ask you, that's not how it works. They will have a standard set of questions to ask, as well as any additional information they need.

pip12345 said:

In the end she just said she will write the report now and send the report to DWP. She said the decision letter will have everything I need. 

Now I'm trying to decode this, does it mean everything I need to know how to appeal? Or everything I need.l, meaning all the help I need? Only time will tell but your thoughts would help my anxious waiting.

Trying to "decode" it isn't going to help. Regardless of what the decision is, the decision letter will always include information on how to challenge the decision, which would be to request the Mandatory Reconsideration, as your first step. It will give you this information even if you're awarded the the highest amount. That part of the decision letter is standard for all decision letters, for any benefits claim.

My advice is to please try not to speculate anything at this stage because it's not going to help. Once the report is returned a decision can take up to 12 weeks. You will be contacted once that decision is made.