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Should I appeal my PIP MR or are they usually a waste of time?

Tbh I've had enough hassle re; the DWP lately but I'm pretty incensed to have been practically labelled a malingerer and I do need help with transport. There's no public transport here and it's getting too painful to drive a manual vehicle. I'm like under house arrest.
Has anyone appealed successfully?
If we're marked down because we can drive, they why are there so many disabled parking bays all over the place?
Is the SSC1 form the first step?
Thanks
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Its your decision whether you request the appeal or not and only you can decide that. Appearing in person will give you the best. Chance of a decision in your favour and without representation you have about 50% chance of success. With representation it rises to about 75%.
As for driving going against people then yes it has been known but I drive and claim Enhanced mobility and it’s never gone against me.
You need to concentrate on why you think you should have scored those points and not what the lies/contradictions that may have been told in the report.
I'd encourage you to appeal as a recent decision says the activity of planning & following a journey shouldn't just focus on driving. If you are only able to drive with pain, it's possible that your driving should be disregarded anyway, as pain which is interfering with your life probably means you are not able to do the activity 'reliably' - because you can only do it by causing pain.
The decision says the law should look at the overall activity of planning and following a journey. Even if you could drive without pain, the drive can only ever be part of the journey -getting to and from the car is also to be taken into account. From what you're saying, the pain is such that it is stopping you from driving. The whole activity would need to be looked at though (and unfortunately the provision of public transport wouldn't be part of the test).
Here's the decision in case it is helpful:
https://www.gov.uk/administrative-appeals-tribunal-decisions/sb-v-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-pip-2019-ukut-274-aac
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sorry but that’s a load of tripe....however getting them to see that has been impossible, I only hope the appeal panel have a little more common sense
PIP is supposed to be about helping people with disabilities, however it now seems to be more to help people with mental health issues than those with mobility issues..
Must remember when it’s time to reapply to not tell them I drive and see how I get on then eh?
ive learnt from the experience though and will be far better prepared next time....they won’t be catching me out with trick questions again
1 - Nobody pays into any system to get disability benefits. Whilst paying NI helps you qualify for contributory benefits it does not guarantee entitlement and that is not what NI has been about for many years. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Insurance_Fund. No matter how much NI you paid it would never entitle you to a disability benefit and disability benefits are not a right in the way means-tested benefits are.
2 - PIP do not ignore medical records. They cannot legally ignore any evidence put in front of them. Medical records are largely not relevant in most cases though. If you’re the claimant then legally the onus is on you to prove entitlement and not on DWP to contact people and gather your evidence for you.
5 - current case law on driving and PIP nicely summarised at https://www.gov.uk/administrative-appeals-tribunal-decisions/jc-v-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-pip-2019-ukut-181-aac
6 - there are no “trick” questions. Both HCPs and tribunals have limited time in which to get accurate information so inevitably they ask questions which cut across several different aspects of functionality.
roll on being 65 (or is it 66 now the retirement age has changed) when one can claim attendance allowance instead of being put through the humiliation of a PIP assessment...
On the down side, there's no mobility component of attendance allowance.
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If I might just offer one final piece of advice (as you head for the door!) it's really important to remember that PIP is about how your condition affects you.
It's individual to you and not anyone else...