Multiple conditions, rejected by PIP

lizmcca

Hi looking for the best place for benefit advice, my husband has diabetes type 2,vascular disease,double heart bypass,crohns disease, and we found out before Christmas he has bowel cancer,awaiting surgery in 2 weeks,we live in scotland ,have applied for pip before only to be turned down advice please on what to do next

Lasian_Alumni

Hello @lizmcca, welcome to the community!

 

I’m sorry to hear about the problems you’ve been having with PIP. Have you applied for a Mandatory Reconsideration?

 

We have a lot of useful information about appealing a DWP benefits decision on our website. You may find the following video on mandatory reconsiderations of interest:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOsiEFo-Ck

 

I hope this helps. If you have any other questions, please do get in touch!

CockneyRebel

Hi lizmcca and welcome

A good place to start is the B&W self test

http://www.mybenefitsandwork.co.uk/pip/indexxx.php

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Matilda

@lizmcca

PIP points awarded for how the conditions affect you not for the conditions themselves.

As well as the advice above Disabled Rights UK site has a good guide to all stages of PIP including a draft diary you can adapt.