Pip appeal

morgan56

hello we're cun I get a pip appeal foams from please . I carnt download it off my phone thanks x

Sam_Alumni

Hi @morgan56 have you applied for the Mandatory Reconsideration? If you disagree with the decision that’s been made about your PIP claim you can challenge it. You should challenge it within 1 month of the decision. This is called a Mandatory Reconsideration.

The best way to apply for a reconsideration is to write a letter to the DWP explaining why you disagree with the decision. You need to make sure that the DWP receives the letter within 1 month of the decision. The decision date is on your letter - it isn’t the date you received it.

Your decision letter will say that you can call the DWP to ask for a reconsideration. You can do this, but it is best to have everything in writing. If you’d prefer to call, make sure you follow up the call with a letter.

If you have already been through this process and had your MR turned down then the next step is to appeal to an independent panel, called a tribunal.

To be allowed to appeal to a tribunal, you’ll need:

• your letter from the DWP with the words ‘Mandatory Reconsideration Notice’ at the top - if you’ve lost it, ask them for a new one
• to send your appeal form in within one month of the date shown on the mandatory reconsideration notice

The appeal form is here if you can download it and print it somewhere else.

If you need this form in an alternative format, for example in large print or Welsh, please call
0300 123 1142 if you live in England or Wales and 0141 354 8400 if you live in Scotland.

You can also call the PIP claims line.

DWP - PIP claims
Telephone: 0800 917 2222
Textphone: 0800 917 7777
Calling from abroad: +44 191 218 7766 
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
Find out about call charges

Hope this helps 

morgan56

Thank u so much for getting back to me . Yes I've had a mr but surprise surprise they didn't change they minds so think I will appeal thank you for the advice x

morgan56

Also cun I ring deep and ask them to send me out the appeal foams x

jeanettef

i done a claim for pip back in 2015 i got turned diwn three times but i wrote a letter to them and didnt get reply so i rang them they told me they sent a letter back telling me i had go to a tribunal so they sent me forms back and i went to cab they help me with my letter i sent it recorded and got a letter back its gone to liverpool n am just waiting for a reply  i got very bad joint pain n aches n got asthma and depression anxiety n i suffer from panic attacks i am only on esa for now but i do not know what other beniffit i can claim as no one tells me which one so if you can advise me that be great thanks 

morgan56

I don't think you cun claim anything else rather than pip . I'm currently on esa work related but I'm going to ask for the foams for support group . As I too suffer with chronic depression and anxiety with the horrible panick attacks . And I suffer with restless legs syndrome so I'm currently going to appeal on my pip decision xx

wildlife

BenefitsTrainingCo

Hi jeanettef,

PIP is the right benefit from what you've said. If you got help from the CAB then hopefully you did appeal in time, and you're just waiting for a hearing date? (Or a response from a hearing made on the papers, if you decided you didn't want to attend). 

It can take ages to get a tribunal hearing after you have had your mandatory reconsideration so I would just wait, or maybe ask the CAB if it is taking to long and you want to check.

The timescale for appeal will not have run out if you have already put in the appeal form, and responded to their request about what type of hearing you want. 

You could apply for PIP again if you think you have got worse in the meantime though. That's because the tribunal can only look at how you were at the date of the decision.

Will

wildlife

@Will My reply to @jeanettef was based on her claim having been made in 2015 2 years ago. That's why I suggested she's have to reapply. Surely she wouldn't still be waiting for a hearing date from then or even the result of a paper hearing from a claim made that long ago?