Pip decision

JDJ12

I have received my outcome of my claim and I am not happy. I was wondering if I should appeal I'm a bit nervous in case they decide to not give me anything at all anyone got any advise x

Noidea19

was you awarded anything? It’s difficult to help without out any information.

Albus_Scope

Hey there @JDJ12 and welcome to the community. 😊

Sorry to hear your award wasn't what you were hoping for. You're able to ask for a Mandatory Reconsideration if you disagree with the assessment. We always suggest doing this in writing, just in case the call centre worker doesn't write things down correctly.

jdj

I was awarded the Lowest rate for daily living which to be honest I wasn't expecting but nothing for mobility I felt as if that was what I would get. She mentioned more than once that I have a car and can drive. I have loads of things wrong with me and I explained about the difficulties I have when out and about but she said more or less said I lying she quoted that my answer was inconsistent with FH she said I had stated I can walk between 50 and 200 meters I never said that I explained to her that I wasn't very good on meters she said not to worry we can do it on times. She said I was jovial during my phone consultation and never asked for a break I have COPD I have reviews but she said I had no specialist input like I said I have several illnesses so I don't know what else I can do

Albus_Scope

That's a fairly familiar story to many of us @jdj I've very sorry.

The best thing to do as said, is to write and ask for a MR, stating which descriptors apply to you and why, with real world examples and any consequences. Try not to focus too much on the things they said that were wrong. If you cant do something repeatedly, in a reasonable time, or safely, then you're classed as being unable to do that thing.

Often there's a fairly low success rate with MRs, I think it's around 20% currently, but you can then ask for a tribunal, which currently have a 70% success rate.