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DLA to Pip invite.
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Just had the dreaded brown letter - so scared. What were other people’s experiences like?
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I think most people had the same experience as you, I know I definetly did. I hope all goes well with you.
My experience was alright the assessor was understanding yet thorough He explained everything and when he asked me to do things if I had difficulty he told me I could stop.I felt his report was fair and accurate.
Remember that most assessments go without a hitch just be yourself and try not to get worked up.I know it is very unsettling but if you are honest and explain in detail giving examples when you can then it should be o.k.
Try to have somebody with you at the assessment you’ll feel more comfortable.
Good luck
Debsidoo.x
Will keep you all updated xxx
i had a home assessment and the lady was really nice and understanding BUT I think that’s because I had a representative with me from the charity that helps with my condition, (definitely get somebody to be at your assessment with you).
i got awarded enhanced rate both on 1st of this month and pick my new mobility car up on 31st of this month!
it stresses you out so much waiting around and not knowing what’s going to happen next.
good luck with it all, I hope you get the out one you want
I have so many health issues I don’t know where to start with filling out the form? I have Cystic Fibrosis, Fibromyalgia and just been diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the cervical spine with a moderate herniated disc that’s pushing in the centre of my spinal cord. Along side all of that, I suffer with depression and very bad anxiety. I’m constantly in pain and always so fatigued, breathless from my lung problems, worrying about everything and anything! This has made everything 10 times worse, I know we’re all in this together but it’s so horrible for us all. X
What must be remembered is that to attain that DLA award the walking distance was no more than 50 metres. To get the equivalent in PIP you have to show that you cannot walk more than 20 metres.
So those in the 21 metres - 50 metre bracket would lose out under PIP.
Having had Enhanced Mobility in the past with PIP do you know why the DWP accepted the PIP limitation and awarded it then but not now? The reason may well help you.
The situation hasn’t changed but, this time around, I was originally assessed to be in the 50 - 200m bracket. On MR I’ve been reassessed into the 20 - 50m bracket. I think this is based on the Atos assessor reporting that I was observed to walk 25m to the assessment room. I refute it was 25m and, additionally, I nearly fell at least four times but she said she didn’t see any unsteadiness. As she was walking in front of me, and unless she had eyes in the back of her head, she wouldn’t have seen it.
It would appear that, solely based on her initial comments, they’ve come to their decision despite my covering letters and letter from my mental health team stating the opposite. I’ve had two nasty falls this last week alone, just because I didn’t fall over during my f2f doesn’t mean I don’t. I can’t fall to order, it just happens, a bit like spontaneous human combustion!
I remember reading of a PIP case a few years ago where the claimant was a surveyor. He too had this same problem. He managed to obtain a copy of the plans of the assessment centre and proved that the actual distance was something like 8 metres!
You never know what they will get up to next.