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Pip decision

twang5
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brown envelope today with pip decision sent forms off on may 9th Been awarded standard rate care and mobility until 2020. I know I should have got enhanced rate for both but am to stressed to challenge decision and will accept awards
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Glad that you have an award that you can live with.
Should you change your mind, you do have a month from the date of your decision letter to challenge it via a MR.
Take a little bit of time and think about it, you should not accept an award less than you deserve.
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Be all you can be, make every day count. Namaste -
@twang5
Initially I was also awarded standard both components for five years. I appealed and at Tribunal was awarded enhanced both components with no end date. Appealing is stressful but of course I am pleased that I appealed! 65% of appeals succeed. -
@twang5 No one could have been more stressed than me, I ended up calling an ambulance I was so ill after I received my assessor's report and the decision that followed. But just a few weeks later I got my fight back. However you must do what is right for you provided you are sure you won't regret it later on.
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Matilda said:@twang5
Initially I was also awarded standard both components for five years. I appealed and at Tribunal was awarded enhanced both components with no end date. Appealing is stressful but of course I am pleased that I appealed! 65% of appeals succeed.
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@poppy123456
I am aware that my PIP award is not lifetime as such. I have said that it has no end date which is what DWP have put on their decision letter in accordance with the Tribunal's decision. I am also aware that in practice no-end-date awards are reviewed after nine years. Also, in practice, although DWP could re-assess me after nine years, they could not change the Tribunal's decision to award me PIP indefinitely - without another Tribunal overruling this.
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