Requested pip assessment notes shocked

postmanpat68

DuffersMum said:

OverlyAnxious said:

Being able to drive is one you'll see quite often in a PIP refusal.  It's because it takes a certain amount of mental & physical ability, so they use that basis to make wide ranging assumptions in relation to the other tasks...  Sadly, it's not that simple in real life of course.

Very true..I was only awarded standard mobility after my first assessment because I could drive a car, despite it being painful to do so but they don’t care about that...some of these assessors are not fit for purpose...mine said I could walk fine because I’m swapped my walking stick between hands...which is what my physio told me do if there was a railing on the side I usually hold my stick in...she also said I arrived carrying my handbag, notes and a bottle of water....my bottle of water was in my handbag which my  husband was carrying for me...

I have a friend who was once a nurse and made the mistake of becoming an assessor...she lasted a matter of weeks saying..in her words “I wasn’t prepared to bend the truth or lie on the assessment reports”

My assessor said I can walk well over 200m without problems despite it being a telephone assessment and having a blue badge issued recently with left leg nerve damage, leg brace for foot drop and specialists report saying this, she said I had normal power in legs as I have a driving licence and drove but I use a auto car for emergency usage maybe twice a month driving for 5 minutes.

postmanpat68

Username_removed said:

Why do we think a telephone assessment does not allow a HCP to draw a conclusion about the distance walked reliably? The role involves no measuring of distance visually. It requires the assessment of verbal and written evidence. 

I’m not saying that the inference drawn above was correct but it’s certainly one legitimately open to a HCP. A blue badge and leg brace tell a HCP nothing more than you have an issue. They say nothing about the extent of it.

So in my application I did say I use crutches also and due to extreme pain in legs I can only manage up to 50m due to risk of severe pain and gave an example of the last time I tried further and it was still ignored by the so-called HCP despite several physio and neuro professional reports.

The PIP application process asks for medical evidence but then ignores any reports you care to send.

postmanpat68

Blue badges in my area are only issued without assessment for enhanced mobility/DLA usually and I was issued without assessment by council but it seems now I no longer need the blue badge by the DWP!.

poppy123456

Medical evidence is only useful if it states exactly how your conditions affect you. Most doesn't and only states the basic information. When you gave an example of the last time you tried walking further, did you explain in detail where you were, what exactly happened, did anyone see it and what the consequences were?

leeh098

postmanpat68 said:

Blue badges in my area are only issued without assessment for enhanced mobility/DLA usually and I was issued without assessment by council but it seems now I no longer need the blue badge by the DWP!.

The HCP’s aren’t very professional at all, I stated in my Pip form my day to day difficulties, And sent evidence from my Autism diagnosis which said the same, But she just ignored it, Hopefully the Decision maker will rule against my assessment.

postmanpat68

poppy123456 said:

Medical evidence is only useful if it states exactly how your conditions affect you. Most doesn't and only states the basic information. When you gave an example of the last time you tried walking further, did you explain in detail where you were, what exactly happened, did anyone see it and what the consequences were?

I used all the helpful techniques to write a detailed example but they still came up with zero for everything, I also have PTSD recently diagnosed but in the report it said as when I had a confrontation I get 0 points because the police were not involved?.
I take a high does of anxiety medication but the report says I don't take anything for anxiety despite a copy of prescription, it seemed no-one looked at my evidence.

postmanpat68

leeh098 said:

postmanpat68 said:

Blue badges in my area are only issued without assessment for enhanced mobility/DLA usually and I was issued without assessment by council but it seems now I no longer need the blue badge by the DWP!.

The HCP’s aren’t very professional at all, I stated in my Pip form my day to day difficulties, And sent evidence from my Autism diagnosis which said the same, But she just ignored it, Hopefully the Decision maker will rule against my assessment.

Same for me, just doing my MR this weekend and onto my 3rd sheet of A4.
Recent reports suggest there are overtured MR's of around 14,000 every month.
Let's hope ours are on of those.

leeh098

postmanpat68 said:

poppy123456 said:

Medical evidence is only useful if it states exactly how your conditions affect you. Most doesn't and only states the basic information. When you gave an example of the last time you tried walking further, did you explain in detail where you were, what exactly happened, did anyone see it and what the consequences were?

I used all the helpful techniques to write a detailed example but they still came up with zero for everything, I also have PTSD recently diagnosed but in the report it said as when I had a confrontation I get 0 points because the police were not involved?.
I take a high does of anxiety medication but the report says I don't take anything for anxiety despite a copy of prescription, it seemed no-one looked at my evidence.

You’re not the only one to receive a bad assessment , I did recently too scored 0, but she missed out numerous things what was said on the phone, There still is abit of hope, Decision makers don’t always go with the Assessment report, It’s rare but it can happen, Just got to be hopeful the DM reads the PIP form and Evidence properly.

postmanpat68

leeh098 said:

postmanpat68 said:

poppy123456 said:

Medical evidence is only useful if it states exactly how your conditions affect you. Most doesn't and only states the basic information. When you gave an example of the last time you tried walking further, did you explain in detail where you were, what exactly happened, did anyone see it and what the consequences were?

I used all the helpful techniques to write a detailed example but they still came up with zero for everything, I also have PTSD recently diagnosed but in the report it said as when I had a confrontation I get 0 points because the police were not involved?.
I take a high does of anxiety medication but the report says I don't take anything for anxiety despite a copy of prescription, it seemed no-one looked at my evidence.

You’re not the only one to receive a bad assessment , I did recently too scored 0, but she missed out numerous things what was said on the phone, There still is abit of hope, Decision makers don’t always go with the Assessment report, It’s rare but it can happen, Just got to be hopeful the DM reads the PIP form and Evidence properly.

I'm at the MR stage as DM went with the assessors fairytale.

leeh098

postmanpat68 said:

leeh098 said:

postmanpat68 said:

poppy123456 said:

Medical evidence is only useful if it states exactly how your conditions affect you. Most doesn't and only states the basic information. When you gave an example of the last time you tried walking further, did you explain in detail where you were, what exactly happened, did anyone see it and what the consequences were?

I used all the helpful techniques to write a detailed example but they still came up with zero for everything, I also have PTSD recently diagnosed but in the report it said as when I had a confrontation I get 0 points because the police were not involved?.
I take a high does of anxiety medication but the report says I don't take anything for anxiety despite a copy of prescription, it seemed no-one looked at my evidence.

You’re not the only one to receive a bad assessment , I did recently too scored 0, but she missed out numerous things what was said on the phone, There still is abit of hope, Decision makers don’t always go with the Assessment report, It’s rare but it can happen, Just got to be hopeful the DM reads the PIP form and Evidence properly.

I'm at the MR stage as DM went with the assessors fairytale.

Ohh I haven’t received my DM decision yet, How long did it take for you to get a decision? I’m guessing they’ll go with the HCP report for me too then.

postmanpat68

leeh098 said:

postmanpat68 said:

leeh098 said:

postmanpat68 said:

poppy123456 said:

Medical evidence is only useful if it states exactly how your conditions affect you. Most doesn't and only states the basic information. When you gave an example of the last time you tried walking further, did you explain in detail where you were, what exactly happened, did anyone see it and what the consequences were?

I used all the helpful techniques to write a detailed example but they still came up with zero for everything, I also have PTSD recently diagnosed but in the report it said as when I had a confrontation I get 0 points because the police were not involved?.
I take a high does of anxiety medication but the report says I don't take anything for anxiety despite a copy of prescription, it seemed no-one looked at my evidence.

You’re not the only one to receive a bad assessment , I did recently too scored 0, but she missed out numerous things what was said on the phone, There still is abit of hope, Decision makers don’t always go with the Assessment report, It’s rare but it can happen, Just got to be hopeful the DM reads the PIP form and Evidence properly.

I'm at the MR stage as DM went with the assessors fairytale.

Ohh I haven’t received my DM decision yet, How long did it take for you to get a decision? I’m guessing they’ll go with the HCP report for me too then.

3 weeks from assessment to dm letter.

leeh098

postmanpat68 said:

leeh098 said:

postmanpat68 said:

leeh098 said:

postmanpat68 said:

poppy123456 said:

Medical evidence is only useful if it states exactly how your conditions affect you. Most doesn't and only states the basic information. When you gave an example of the last time you tried walking further, did you explain in detail where you were, what exactly happened, did anyone see it and what the consequences were?

I used all the helpful techniques to write a detailed example but they still came up with zero for everything, I also have PTSD recently diagnosed but in the report it said as when I had a confrontation I get 0 points because the police were not involved?.
I take a high does of anxiety medication but the report says I don't take anything for anxiety despite a copy of prescription, it seemed no-one looked at my evidence.

You’re not the only one to receive a bad assessment , I did recently too scored 0, but she missed out numerous things what was said on the phone, There still is abit of hope, Decision makers don’t always go with the Assessment report, It’s rare but it can happen, Just got to be hopeful the DM reads the PIP form and Evidence properly.

I'm at the MR stage as DM went with the assessors fairytale.

Ohh I haven’t received my DM decision yet, How long did it take for you to get a decision? I’m guessing they’ll go with the HCP report for me too then.

3 weeks from assessment to dm letter.

Looks like I have a while to wait yet then, My assessment was on the 3rd Nov, I guess I know now what to expect on the letter.

postmanpat68

Username_removed said:

Any chance you could stop quoting posts in full? It makes the thread incredibly difficult to read.

Ditto!.