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Recently won my appeal, now DWP have sent back to judges for an amendment...

hey, I’m hoping that someone will be able to answer my query because I’ve become quite anxious about it and don’t seem to be getting much help from DWP. Last week I attended my tribunal appeal and won - I got awarded standard daily living compononent but lost on mobility though I suspect that may change in the near future as my mobility is getting worse. Anyway, I phoned up Income Support today regarding disability premiums and asked for advice on what I needed to do regarding that once I’d received my backdated pay. The person I spoke to happened to formerly work in DWP and said that she would look at how it was processing as she was still able to log in to their database. This is where I’ve got confused. She told me a letter had been sent out (I’m pretty sure she said to me) and that it didn’t look like they were going to ask for a statement of reason but they were asking the judge to make an amendment on the date I should be paid from. When I won they told me I would be backdated from January 30th 2017 but DWP are asking them to change it to 3rd November 2016 (date I put my claim in) which I thought was good news from me. She advised me to ring up the DWP to find out when they would be making my first payment. Well when I phoned them up they told me that no letter had been sent to me, but they had written to the judge regarding the date being wrong and needed changing and that they could not action until they heard back from the judge. Now I’m really confused and worried, I did ask if they were considering a SOR and they said it didn’t look like it at present but they may still ask for one. Why would they ask for this amendment to back pay me to an earlier time and then ask for an SOR? Is an SOR likely to happen at this point? I’m so stressed out about it all that I’m in constant pain (I suffer from fibromyalgia, osteo arthritis, anxiety and depression) I just really want to get it sorted but feel that DWP are going to drag this out for even longer. Please, is anyone able to offer some reassurance and advice?
PS: sorry for waffling, I tend to do that when I get real anxious.
PS: sorry for waffling, I tend to do that when I get real anxious.
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Well done winning your appeal even though it hasn't been the end of your fight
I'm so sorry you're still having to battle with your result
You must find this so disappointing getting this far yet still having to deal with things as it has a huge impact on people's health
I don't have any answers but I sincerely hope things are resolved asap
Best wishes and fingers crossed things improve for you and everyone in this situation
Unfortunately having asked for an amended date, albeit in your favour, the DWP have to await the judges ammendment before they can put your award into payment.
You could try ringing the tribunal clerk for an update
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Because it can take weeks for the judge to respond where does that leave the DWP regarding requesting an SOR? From my understanding they have 28 days to log for SOR and once they have that they have a further 28 days to decide whether they want to appeal. Would DWP still be able to request an SOR if the amendment takes them over that 28 days? DWP told me that they may still apply for an SOR so I’m really confused as to how this works. Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks!
DWP don't always ask for an SOR - they didn't in my case.
Sorry for the rant, feeling a little low and worthless today and just wanted to share with someone my frustrations.
For the future, Disability Rights UK site has a good, free guide to all stages of PIP including a draft diary you can adapt. Advisable to send in a 7 day diary with reviews or new claims. List all the aids you use. Disability Rights site also sells a Handbook, price £15. Informative guide to Tribunal Hearings.
DR site (Disability Rights), along with other sites, has a list of PIP descriptors. Disabilities must fit the descriptors for the claimant to be awarded points.
I wish though, that I’d known about this site in 2016 when I first put my claim in, but I will be definitely using the resources available here to help me when I have to face my re-assessment which I’m hoping will help keep me away from a return visit to the tribunals.
So right now we are holding out until tomorrow, where hopefully there is some good news for you, or at least some progress... I hope for the best for you.
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