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Condition worsened but I lost PIP

Just wondering if anyone can offer any advice.
I claimed PIP for approximately 18months and my health deteriorated. On a review form I explained how my health had worsened. I was sent for another assessment and the assessor said I was entitled to any payment at all. So my payments were stopped. I appealed and sent a letter from my GP but lost the appeal.
I, again, appealed and it was sent to court, to appeal there. I sent my appeal to them and received a letter from them explaining they were looking in to it on 11th April. I have not heard from them since. I heard from PIP in the form of around 120 page evidence to why they refused me. I rang court today and they said it could be up to 37 weeks wait for a date in court. Is this right?
Also will they back date my PIP to February when they stopped it?
Thank you for your help, I’m at my whits end.
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Not a benefits advisor, I can't directly answer your question, but we have some excellent people here who will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
I'm going to forward your post to our specialist team and they should be in touch with you soon.
You're not alone, now, Lisa (?) and you matter.
Warmest best wishes,
Richard
@JennysDad
If an award is made then arrears will be paid.
There are long waits for appeal hearings.
If you win your appeal your money will be backdated to when it stopped.
If you are in receipt of PIP and your condition gets worse wait until the next review of your award to put your case forward
To suggest that you ignore that instruction is plainly wrong and could land you in serious trouble if the DWP become aware of the changes. This can be via information passed to them by a concerned neighbour!
I'm sticking to the 'letter of the law' so to speak. You are required to report all changes appertaining to the descriptors.
Does it matter if you are already on the enhanced rate? Surely it's not for the claimant to pick and choose whether they want to or not notify any changes.
In your case by delaying in notifying them of the deterioration in mobility you lost 9/10 months of the increase from Standard to Enhanced.
You do not need to report a deterioration or improvement in your health if it’s clear there would be no impact on your entitlement. Neither change is material unless there would be a likely impact.
So, for example, if your health improved so that most people would reasonably conclude that you’d lose 2 points on daily living BUT... you would retain the same rate... then there’s no need to report.
On the other hand if the loss of 2 points was clear cut but it would be arguable you could lose another 2 and that would drop or lose you daily living... then definitely an obligation to report.
Saying that you have no idea how it would impact is no excuse. Do people accept money from strangers without knowing what it’s made up of or why? If in doubt then you declare because, amongst other things, there is a specific offence of failing to declare in a timely manner. In reality you’d have to be fairly stupid to declare without getting advice from somewhere as to the necessity and the risk.
Thanks Mike, clarity has been given which is greatly appreciated
The only time I would now contact them if my function improved which I know and they know it won't.
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You have no guarantee of success on a subsequent claim and unless you do something very different why would you expect a different outcome? Multiple claims also do not play well with DWP. You will find few, if any, posts anywhere on the internet claiming “My sixth PIP claim succeeded”!
b) won’t tell your MP anything they don’t already know or is not already in the public domain.
c) won’t assist your claim unless you have it independently transcribed.
d) successful discrediting the HCP will not get you PIP. It will devalue the report but it’s meaningles unless your own evidence has strength.
If you inform them they will more than likely re assess you and if you have got a good award you will lose it