PIP - with NO forms filled in

vin_hope

Hello, 

I have received a text to say the dwp have received my report and will let me know in 8 weeks with a decision.

The thing is I never sent them any forms back. I applied for them as I would like to claim pip but due to health problems including memory and waiting for help with the awful forms I never sent them back. 
Now (2 months later) I recive this text and am rather confused. I rung dwp to ask and they said they hadn't received the forms back so have accessed medical reports and will let me know with a decision.

I'm not great on the phone and usually have someone to talk for me so I wasn't in a position to question or ask anymore without getting confused further.

But I would like to know If anyone else has heard of this or had this happen to them, where the dwp have effectively claimed for them with just medical evidence and how the outcome was?

janer1967

Hi and welcome to the community 

This does happen when the dwp or assessment providers think the person is too vulnerable and unable to complete the forms . As you didn't send the forms back in the given time they will have proceeded to get medical evidence 

The outcome will be for a decision maker to decide based on the information they have nobody can really predict the outcome for you 

poppy123456

Hi,

Sometimes if there's a mental health marker on your file DWP can proceed without any forms, which sounds like what has happened here. It doesn't happen very often but we've had a few members here that have had exactly the same.

It also sounds like they've completed a paper based assessment. Decision timescales are between 2-12 weeks, sometimes longer.