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lost my DLV mobility to PIP
Mo1949
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I need help please I have lost my DLV mobility to PIP the difference is only £3 but I only get daily living therefore next time they could take more off me!!. I have appealed but the letter that came said they advise to oppose the appeal but i am still going to tribunal, any advice please is there someone out there who could take my case on for me. Thank you.
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Good Evening it’s great to meet you today.
Have you only lost £3 within the change over???
We have got lots of info/members in similar situations as you find yourself.
Please please let me know if I can help/support you in anyway ?????
Yes I know it sounds like I'm moaning over £3, but its the knock on effect as no mobility - no blue badge? etc.,, Also what will they try to take off me next time?
So sorry to hear about your situation. I'm sure some of our community members will be able to advise, but in the meantime this guidance on appealing DWP decisions may help you to prepare for your tribunal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLEJWI99Hx3tGw-3uOAv-X3DEetbUamZS4?ecver=2&v=2WEvbFVlQOc
try to get some f2f advice from cab or similar about appeal. 69% of appeals succeed.
CAB = Citizens Advice Bureau. They also have a website.
Disability Rights UK site (DR) has a good guide to all stages of PIP. They also publish Disability Rights Handbook which has a good section on Tribunal appeal hearings. Price £18.50 from DR site or might be in your local reference library.
69% of appeals win.
Did you ask DWP for a copy of assessor's report which will give reasons for refusing you mobility? Many assessors tell lies and say that claimants can walk much farther than they can, with no credible evidence in support. So their claims are easy to challenge on appeal.
Thank you so very much, yes, I am slowly finding out how much these assessor's tell lies, I just wish I did lie a bit or just twisted the truth a bit, but I've always been told to tell the truth otherwise it can come back on you and bite you in the bum!! My assessor said in her report I could walk 50 to 200M and the office was the furthest down this long corridor and I walked (stumbled) with my walking stick and my husbands arm, and in a 43 minute interview she knew more about me than my Doctors who have known me for 45 years. Yes I have all the reports the first one from the assessor and the one from the mandatory appeal, I have a very big file now. Thank you so much I will check that book out in the library. I am so grateful to you.
You're very welcome. My assessor claimed because I walked 16m waiting area to interview room then I must be able to walk 20-50m! Nonsense. Tribunal awarded me enhanced mobility.
How many points below the minimum were you?
I would look at what benefits you currently receive and as someone has said look into the blue badge or what you're area offers.
No advice because it's really your decision. But depending on the length of award I would leave for the sake of £3. I lost £130 and that hit jolly hard!
i agree with whistles
I am 2 points off mobility purely because I ticked sometimes instead of yes, stupid me being truthful but that was last year and now I rely on my husband more and more so if it was today I was filling form in it would be YES. I am nearly 70 so I dont think a miracle is going to happen and suddenly I will be running and jumping about. Its not the £3 its what will happen next time if I just take it lying down without a fight what next will they take off me. Thanks for your input.
If you are confident that the tribunal would have no reason to reduce your daily living points, then it's worth appealing mobility though as others have said tribunal will look at your whole award.
Do you mean two points off standard mobility, i.e. you got 6 points?
At tribuna,l if for example you can only walk 20-50m 50% of the time, i.e. at least 4 days a week, insist that is the case.
If you are asked for how long can you walk, rather than how far, don't just give a time as panel might suppose you can walk farther than in fact you can. Say that it takes you X seconds or minutes to walk Y meters. For example, DWP think 30 seconds to walk 20m is slow walking.
Tribunals think that ability to do a lot of driving indicates lower levels of daily needs (stamina, strength, grip). I only make a few short car journeys each week. Tribunal awarded me enhanced daily living, plus enhanced mobility.
So if you can walk 20 yards how long before you can repeat this out extreme pain, can you do this in a normal time if not how much longer does it take.