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DLA award indefinate changed to 3 years standard PIP

HI happy 2018 everyone
. Can anyone please give me some advice? I have rhumatiod arthritis and chrohns which is severe (wheelchair bound and bed bound most days) I was awarded DLA higher rate indefinately about 10 years ago through a tribunal. The new Pip assessment came to the conclusion to put me on a standard rate and only for 3 years when my condition has not changed.. is this legal? The pip assessor came to my home and was extremely patronising ! He told me my illness can change.. being a paramedic i feel he was not qualified to assess my disability! Any help appreciated. Thankyou

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The paramedic assessor is talking nonsense, of course. At tribunal I was awarded PIP enhanced both elements (increased from standard both elements after assessment). And judge wrote that it would not be appropriate to set a term for my award. Like you, I have rheumatoid arthritis, a degenerative disease that will never improve.
Have you asked DWP for a copy of the assessor's report?
Are you going to ask for a mandatory reconsideration (MR)?
Award of PIP points is not for the conditions themselves but how they affect you on a daily basis - how your disabilities fit the PIP descriptors.
Disability Rights UK site has a good guide to all stages of PIP, including a list of the PIP descriptors.
If you have to appeal to a tribunal, make sure you include a 7-day diary with your submission (if you haven't already submitted one with your claim or MR). Disability Rights site has a draft diary that you can adapt.