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Assessment report recieved.

Hi everyone.
I hope you're all safe and well?
I had my telephone assessment for my pip review on the 12th November after being contacted following some cancelations. I'll admit I was extremely nervous as my initial assessment bore no recolection to the events. I completed a MR and sucessfully went from 0 points to 11 overall. 8 DL 4 MOB.
I requested my report and recieved this on 21st. I was relieved to find upon opening and reading it that it was a true reflection of my assement and my nurse, according to the report seems to specialise and know about my condition which doesnt usually happen.
It seems the assessment report has given higher discriptors this time, due to worsening of my condition and quite a high change in treatment and medication since my last assessment.
I know it's hard to advice, but is it common for the decision maker to go off the assessment report, along with the heaps of evidence and medical reports I've sent in or can/will they lower points which have been advised on the report?
My award was due to end in October but due to Covid, I was told this had been extended. However, if I'm awarded the higher award, will this difference be backdated or will this still be from when the decision was made?
Again, apologies for all the questions, but how long roughly following the Decision maker recieving the report does it take for a decision to be made. Overall last time it was10 months from start to MR decision.
The lady on the helpline advised me that sometimes reports are queried. I have no idea what this means, so advice would also be appreciated on this. She didn't say mine was being queried, just that it can happen.
Mnay thanks
I hope you're all safe and well?
I had my telephone assessment for my pip review on the 12th November after being contacted following some cancelations. I'll admit I was extremely nervous as my initial assessment bore no recolection to the events. I completed a MR and sucessfully went from 0 points to 11 overall. 8 DL 4 MOB.
I requested my report and recieved this on 21st. I was relieved to find upon opening and reading it that it was a true reflection of my assement and my nurse, according to the report seems to specialise and know about my condition which doesnt usually happen.
It seems the assessment report has given higher discriptors this time, due to worsening of my condition and quite a high change in treatment and medication since my last assessment.
I know it's hard to advice, but is it common for the decision maker to go off the assessment report, along with the heaps of evidence and medical reports I've sent in or can/will they lower points which have been advised on the report?
My award was due to end in October but due to Covid, I was told this had been extended. However, if I'm awarded the higher award, will this difference be backdated or will this still be from when the decision was made?
Again, apologies for all the questions, but how long roughly following the Decision maker recieving the report does it take for a decision to be made. Overall last time it was10 months from start to MR decision.
The lady on the helpline advised me that sometimes reports are queried. I have no idea what this means, so advice would also be appreciated on this. She didn't say mine was being queried, just that it can happen.
Mnay thanks
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I'll keep you posted.
On my initial assessment I was awarded zero for both elements, and the DM went with the report. I then submitted a MR and DM changed award to 8 pts for care and 4 for mobility.
This is my first review which going off the assessment report they have recommended 10 pts care and 10 pts for mobility.
eg if your award ends in Jan then you get the forms in August if you then have an assessment and a decision in say October the new award will start then and cancel out the old award
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I've received a payment into my bank account this morning from pip which I'm guessing and hoping is a back payment following a decision from my renewal as I'm not due a usual payment until the 29th.
I'll of course await the decision letter, but will this reset my payment dates or is it a one off payment and my usual payment dates will stay the same.
I've tried to work out the rates and divided them by the amount in my account but I'm struggling to get a solid figure for which rate I have been given as it's either under or over for standard or enhanced.
As always,
Thanks for all your advice.
X
I've just spoken to a lovely lady on the helpline who advised me that a decision had been made on Friday just gone and it's backdated money as I have finally been awarded the standard rate for mobility this time as well as daily living.
They also told me that my award is until 2023 so it looks like they have gone with the report for points and given me a double award time.
Still waiting on the decision letter though.
Xx
Thanks @cupcake88 I'm hoping to have the letter asap so I have it in black and white xx
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I'm just wondering how long after your back pay did you recieve the letter?
Mines coming up to almost 5 weeks and I've not received it yet. X
A decision letter should have been received well before now. My advice is to give them a ring and ask them to send the letter again.
Maybe it's been posted to a neighbour's house. I guess I'll never know. I've been trying to phone them all week but haven't been able to hold over 30 mins. X
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I managed to get through to them yesterday and they told me that my decision letter couldn't be opened as it hadn't been scanned onto my file so they have requested the decision maker to send out a duplicate copy.
I'm guessing the first one hadn't been printed and sent out.
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I have finally received my decision letter which has been dated 11th Jan which must have been redone.
When I phoned in December, the lady stated my award had been made until 2023, however my letter states 2022.
In the letter the DM has said he has awarded me for a longer time due to my worsening condition, however going off the dates this award is 6 months less than my last one.
Do you think an error of dates has been added to my newly written letter? Should I query this?
I don't want to trigger them to look at the whole thing again but they've removed a whole year off my award it seems just by sending a duplicate letter.
The DM put in my New award lettwr that he's made my award longer than my last one?
But this one has been put down shorter than my last one by 6 months so it doesn't match what he's written.
That's what's thrown me, and the lady definitely said 2023 because I wrote it down and confirmed it twice with her x