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PIP medical evidence issue

col1961
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Hi my name is colin im trying to find out how i stand after recieving a pip form 5 days ago and then yesterday recieving a letter saying my medical evidence is no good surely they need to get my form back before deciding that can anybody enlighten me ????????
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Did you say anything regarding medical evidence on your call to the DWP to apply ?
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If the medical evidence isn't good enough i think this just means they want to assess you themselves? They could decide that without your form, whoever they got info from may not know anything about your condition or enough to say how you're affected, but basically they are saying the medical evidence will not count towards anything.
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There have been a number of instances of letters going out pre-emptively and incorrectly. This could be one of those. There are no circumstances in which DWP would say evidence was “no good”. Most likely as @feir says they are advising that you haven’t provided anything to suggest you should be assessed on paper only and this will be forwarded for a face to face.
The other important thing to note here is that medical evidence will not get you PIP. The existence of medical conditions is not what’s being tested. The functional consequences of impairments on your ability to perform points scoring activities is all that’s being tested. Focus on examples which show what happens when you attempt said activities. -
Because i had no evidence or diagnosis when i applied they said i'd need an assessment so that's how i guessed that.
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thankyou for replies guys we will wait and see
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sorry markboy no nothing was said about them collecting it on my behalf ????
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