Good Morning, Everybody…… hope today has started well.
I wanted to ask this question : I was suffering from very bad depression in July 2019 and asked for help from PIP. An assessor came to the house, saw my NHS records and GP's letter and then proceeded to ask me lots of inane questions about lifting kettles and such like. My PIP was refused. Afterwards, my depression spiralled to such a degree that I was suicidal and required crisis intervention by the NHS mental health team in August 2021. I waited for 2 years to get counselling and then another 1 year completing counselling : during this time, my partner became my carer and I was incapable to living a functional life.
I was reading this recently Personal Independence Payments: Supreme Court Ruling - Hansard - UK Parliament
and wondered whether, due to extended mitigating circumstances, my PIP refusal back in 2020 ( which was when I received the letter ) could be looked at again. This is WAY over the 13 month time limit, obviously, but I was absolutely incapable of dealing with this at the time.
I realise that this is extremely unlikely but I have been at the mercy of NHS waiting lists.
Are there any examples or case law I could quote in which PIP claims have been re-assessed, long after the event and as a result of this Supreme Court judgement?
I appreciate the time given to me by anybody who might know this answer !
Many thanks,
Ruby.
