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Any way to avoid the battle?

I have been so lucky to have a mobility car, i feel humbled by this fantastic opportunity to have my freedom and independence but although I have been awarded this until July 2020 I will yet again have this massive battle to retain this vehicle, I have submitted gp consultants and Ot letters , I feel I have justify again and again my worsening osteoarthritis and avascular Necrosis plantar fascitis spinal stenosis, these conditions will only deterioate, but I will be prepared to alter my letter that accompanies the evidence, and my medication list, is there anything else that I can do to secure a longer award? I am on 2 lots of antidepressants,, I would love to hear if this is possible and to be able to get on with my life, without worrying to much, thank you in advance 😢
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One could argue that the wrong decisions are in the minority, however the very fact that thousands of disabled people are being refused their entitlements is reason enough to suggest that it is not administrative errors etc., which are to blame, it's the blinkered attitudes of those within the DWP itself and the wilful injustices by 'nurses' on a keyboard... I am 100% convinced that my own assessor had already decided before the assessment even took place, and it worries me deeply that I'm not alone with this abhorrent treatment, as is evident by the many that have also been affected in this way.
Mandatory Appeals and Court Hearings are at their all-time highest throughout the UK as are also the amount of disabled people who are being refused their justifiable rewards. The current system simply does not work, and it never will for as long as it used.
Substantiating the random nature of HCP reports is neither here nor there when it comes to challenges. You win or lose on the facts of your own case and not what is or is not happening generally.
It’s perfectly possible to pursue a challenge on award length only. See
https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/caselaw/item/whether-pip-appeal-can-be-pursued-where-sole-issue-of-challenge-is-question but you’d need to know exactly what you’re doing to do that and not open the whole award up to challenge so representation will be needed.
Finally, mandatory reconsiderations are barely 6 years old and far from being at an all time high they are at a low and falling. There are no court hearings for PIP. There are only tribunals which may or may not be held in court buildings. Tribunal hearings have a significant backlog but are nowhere near any previous highs. Success rates suggest the exact opposite of what was just posted.
For what it’s worth most of your conditions make a case for a longer award bar the Plantar Fascitis which of course has many treatments but it really depends on where you scored your points in the first place.