PIP MM review decision I believe is wrong

Suz1008

Hi I just received a letter from DWP saying they reviewed my PIP award from 2019 and said it wasn't affected. I didn't even know about this but looking at the tribunal I think their review is wrong.

I was awarded 2 points for engaging with others under 'prompting'. My application was filled out by my mental health support worker and the assessment call was was taken by her.

The assessor actually mentions in the award that I have 'difficulties in engaging face to face as confirmed by your support worker' and accepts I do. I needed the support worker to help engage people but despite this I only got 2 points. I didn't appeal because I was scared they'd take it all from me.

Now under this MM ruling, I cannot see how they could review the evidence and still only award 2 points when I was cleary being prompted to engage 'from a person trained or experienced in assisting people in social situations'

I met with this person once a week and had regular texts.

Do I have grounds for a mandatory reconsideration?

Thanks

Holly_Scope

Hi @Suz1008 I'm so sorry you've not had a response to this. Did you decide to move forward with a mandatory reconsideration in the end?

tifo

I suppose there was no reply because people don't know the answer but you can submit an MR if you want, citizens advice or another organisation can help, you have 13 months to submit an MR from date of decision (with good reason) so you're not out of time.

Suz1008

Yes they rejected the MR with a statement of nonsense based on my ESA report a year earlier. They didn't even address what the tribunal actually said and just said I hadn't given enough evidence at the time to get an award of support 4 points - except the evidence totally adheres to the tribunal ruling. It was just rubbish that they wrote. I don't have the energy to go to a tribunal as now I have an Adult Disability Payment review and Universal Credit migration at exactly the same time!

thanks for responding