PIP claim at tribunal

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picochew

Hi , I'm new to all this, so , not sure how to go about this. Last year (2018. )  I was diagnosed with a benign meningioma that is on my brainstem, I applied for pip as soon as I found out I could. Having had a face - face with whom I presumed was a person who new what they where talking about, then went on their merry little way, few weeks later recieved my results and guess what? , yep you have all got it, my score was a whopping. 2 , and thats only because I am going deaf. Now after all the usual appeals it's gone to a tribunal, tha has6taken almost 12. months to come through, I will keep one and all informed of how it goes, now thats all said, thank you6for listening

poppy123456

Hi,

Are you appearing in person for your hearing? This will give you the best chance of a decision in your favour. You can take someone with you on the day but you will need to answer all those questions yourself, unless you have an appointee and then they will be able to answer for you.

Please do remember that PIP isn't about a diagnosis, it's how those conditions affect your ability to carry out daily activity based on the PIP descriptors.

During the hearing the Tribunal will only take into consideration what your condition was like at the time the original decision was made, this means that any worsening of condition will not be considered.

Have you send your written submission? This should include where you think you should have scored those points and your reasons why adding 2-3 real life examples of what happened the last time you attempted that activity for each descriptor that applies to you.

Good luck.