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Sal1975
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Hello I had a stroke on 25 nov and I applied for pip on 11 Dec 17 and I just had my home assessment on 30 Jan how long will it be b4 I get a desion and with my stroke all my left side of my body is bad can't walk av to use a wheelchair at the moment plus I have bad depression and a fractured bck
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So sorry to hear about your current situation, please know that you're always welcome to come and chat on the community when you're feeling low. You may be particularly interested in our neurological conditions discussions.
PIP response times vary according to location so it's very difficult to tell when you will hear back, but it does seem to be rather long wait times at the moment- some of our community members may be able to share their own experiences. Do keep us updated, and all the best for your outcome!
You should be aware that a condition needs to have been in place for three months and likely to continue for at least a further nine months for a PIP award to be made
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Decision letters take 2+ weeks. Have you asked DWP for a copy of the assessor's report? This will give you a good idea of what the decision will be.
You could try to find face2face advice locally. Scope Helpline might know of local f2f help.
My problem with visits is that cancer cant be seen and anyone with fibromyalgia knows most days are horrific but the odd day can appear quite normal. My luck would be the 'visit' would be on a better day.
Fundamentally you have been badly advised to claim PIP when you did. It should either have been when the long-term consequences of the first stroke were clear or when the long-term consequences of the second are equally clear. Claiming immediately after the onset is not a good idea.
Aha. Now that's clearer. Thank you.
You cannot currently get PIP based on your 1st or 2nd stroke because
1) You claimed barely 3 weeks after the 2nd stroke and you must have had your daily living and mobility needs for at least 3 months before the date of claim.
2) Those needs must be likely to persist for at least 9 months after the date of claim. Very hard to say that given the nature of stroke rehab and you've already described how you're currently relearning how to walk. So, your mobility needs now, for example, may not be your mobility needs in 3 months let alone 9.
It may be that your depression and back issues would lead to you qualifying depending on the problems they create and how long you've had them but the stroke currently needs to largely be left out of account.
I'm not saying you won't get PIP. I am saying that you won't get PIP based on your strokes. Your depression and spine.? Hard to tell on the basis of the info. posted. and I wouldn't expect you to post so much info. that I could tell.
On the 1st stroke you say there were no symptoms so, definitely no PIP on the back of that if that was the case. On the 2nd one you don't qualify on the backwards/forwards tests. That's fairly routine with strokes.