Mandatory reconsideration PIP

Sallyann56

Hello.
After a very long time, I have been awarded the higher rate care and zero for mobility.
I'm afraid to ask them to look at my award as I have been told your care can be taken!
I have a lot of conditions.
I have severe osteoarthritis and told the assessor I cannot stand fir more than a few minutes until I'm in awful pain and all I can do is sit or lie down.
I rarely fo out, unless it's to see my GP or for tests. 
She asked when I last tried to walk and i told her it was before Christmas, to deliver a card at the bottom of my street. My daughter came with me, I had to stop half way as my back went,  when I got there, and then on the way back. 
The journey was about under 20 meters. Went inside forva while. Rested and went home and ended up with cramp pains in my back.
I have lung damage so get badly out of breath.  I explained I struggle with the stairs. 
Yet i got zero points.
I just don't go out, do housework or cook as I'm in pain and get exhausted! 
Is it worth asking for a mandatory reconsideration?
I have no life and getting the extra mobility would mean I can get mobile and try not to rely on my family.

Alex_Alumni

Hello @Sallyann56 thanks for reaching out this morning, I'm sorry to hear that you weren't awarded the level of PIP mobility that you were expecting. When that happens it's very disheartening, so be sure to take time to look after yourself today. 

One of the best places to start would be AdviceLocal, to search for professional advisors.

If you would like to challenge your PIP decision, Turn2Us has lots of information on your next steps

If you'd rather talk things through with someone, you'd be welcome to contact the Scope Helpline and speak to one of our advisors. 

Being entitled to PIP isn't about having certain conditions or disabilities. It's about how much these impact on your ability to carry out the PIP descriptors. Note down any examples of lived experience of trying to carry these out, like you've mentioned about delivering a card. 

If there's anything you feel we can help further with, please do ask, and we'll do what we can to help. 

Alex

Sallyann56

Thank you.
I've just been for blood tests.
The taxi dropped me right outside. I'd taken a combination of painkillers, but when I came out to wait for the taxi, I had to sit on the wall and sat there in pain. I now feel sick from the tablets. I just feel I should have got at least something for my mobility as that's affecting me most.
The chemist is just on the corner but I couldn't walk that far, then wait for my pills, then stand and wait for a taxi!

I'll need help to appeal it so will get help.
It's just so unfair that some people get it but genuine people can't! 

Alex_Alumni

Hi @Sallyann56 have you spoken to your GP about taking the combination of painkillers, and how it made you feel?

I'm glad the resources I've linked will be helpful for you, and I can appreciate that it doesn't always feel fair when we don't get what we feel we are entitled to.

It can be helpful not to compare yourself to others, as you can never be sure what their individual situation and circumstances are. Other people's applications have no impact or influence on your own, so it's better to focus on giving yourself the best chance at appealing the DWP decision, with the right support and guidance. 

If you feel we can help support you in appealing the decision, then please do ask if you have questions.

poppy123456

Sallyann56 said:

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It's just so unfair that some people get it but genuine people can't! 

As pointed out on your other thread, comparing yourself to others isn't the best idea. No one knows exactly how anyone's conditions affect them and you simply can't judge a book by its cover. Please don't compare others to yourself. Very few people claim PIP fraudulently.

AndrewHall

Sallyann56 said:

Thank you.
I've just been for blood tests.
The taxi dropped me right outside. I'd taken a combination of painkillers, but when I came out to wait for the taxi, I had to sit on the wall and sat there in pain. I now feel sick from the tablets. I just feel I should have got at least something for my mobility as that's affecting me most.
The chemist is just on the corner but I couldn't walk that far, then wait for my pills, then stand and wait for a taxi!

I'll need help to appeal it so will get help.
It's just so unfair that some people get it but genuine people can't! 

The most unfair is your last comment. 
It so unfair to say other claimants are not genuine.  That prejudice has no place here in Scope. 

I hope Admin will do something about this.

Sallyann56

poppy123456 said:

Sallyann56 said:

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It's just so unfair that some people get it but genuine people can't! 

As pointed out on your other thread, comparing yourself to others isn't the best idea. No one knows exactly how anyone's conditions affect them and you simply can't judge a book by its cover. Please don't compare others to yourself. Very few people claim PIP fraudulently.

I know her and know how far she can walk . She's lying.   She walks all day when she takes her kids to the seaside or on pub crawls

poppy123456

Sallyann56 said:

poppy123456 said:

Sallyann56 said:

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It's just so unfair that some people get it but genuine people can't! 

As pointed out on your other thread, comparing yourself to others isn't the best idea. No one knows exactly how anyone's conditions affect them and you simply can't judge a book by its cover. Please don't compare others to yourself. Very few people claim PIP fraudulently.

I know her and know how far she can walk . She's lying.   She walks all day when she takes her kids to the seaside or on pub crawls

She may not be claiming PIP for any physical conditions. There's such a thing as invisible conditions and lots of people have them. People claim mobility PIP and can walk perfectly fine because following and planning a journey is also part of mobility.

I'm sorry but i said it before and will say it again, you shouldn't compare yourself to someone else.

Sallyann56

AndrewHall said:

Sallyann56 said:

Thank you.
I've just been for blood tests.
The taxi dropped me right outside. I'd taken a combination of painkillers, but when I came out to wait for the taxi, I had to sit on the wall and sat there in pain. I now feel sick from the tablets. I just feel I should have got at least something for my mobility as that's affecting me most.
The chemist is just on the corner but I couldn't walk that far, then wait for my pills, then stand and wait for a taxi!

I'll need help to appeal it so will get help.
It's just so unfair that some people get it but genuine people can't! 

The most unfair is your last comment. 
It so unfair to say other claimants are not genuine.  That prejudice has no place here in Scope. 

I hope Admin will do something about this.

What do mean, admin do something about this?

She is lying and getting money she isn't entitled to!  It's a true statement.
Some people put it on.
I know she has no problem walking all over town.
I know her.
I hope admin don't do something about my post as its people like her that mean we all get treated like we are putting in on.   She got lucky and gets full mobility and care.

I know a girl who had cancer and was turned down.
She's in pain and has toilet problems nearly every day but she got nothing.
Is that fair?

Sallyann56

poppy123456 said:

Sallyann56 said:

poppy123456 said:

Sallyann56 said:

.
It's just so unfair that some people get it but genuine people can't! 

As pointed out on your other thread, comparing yourself to others isn't the best idea. No one knows exactly how anyone's conditions affect them and you simply can't judge a book by its cover. Please don't compare others to yourself. Very few people claim PIP fraudulently.

I know her and know how far she can walk . She's lying.   She walks all day when she takes her kids to the seaside or on pub crawls

She may not be claiming PIP for any physical conditions. There's such a thing as invisible conditions and lots of people have them. People claim mobility PIP and can walk perfectly fine because following and planning a journey is also part of mobility.

I'm sorry but i said it before and will say it again, you shouldn't compare yourself to someone else.

I will compare myself to someone young, fit and never worked. It isn't invisible. She claims she can't walk anywhere.
I told you, I know her in real life and what she does.
I'm not stupid. I too
have invisible conditions as well as pphysical.why can't you accept she is fiddling and taking money she doesn't deserve?

poppy123456

Then report her! It's disgusting comparing yourself to someone else. Just because you know her, it doesn't mean you know every single thing about her conditions and how they affect her.

PIP isn't awarded based on any diagnosis, what matters is how those conditions affect you against the 12 PIP activies.

Sallyann56

poppy123456 said:

Then report her! It's disgusting comparing yourself to someone else. Just because you know her, it doesn't mean you know every single thing about her conditions and how they affect her.

PIP isn't awarded based on any diagnosis, what matters is how those conditions affect you against the 12 PIP activies.

Not disgusting at all!
When she's fit and goes out all the time?
She has been reported by 2 people who know there is nothing wrong with her.
Very ill people get nothing and have to fight for what they are entitled to 
People like that make it hard for others.
Believe me, there is nothing wrong with her!

Sallyann56

Alex_Scope said:

Hi @Sallyann56 have you spoken to your GP about taking the combination of painkillers, and how it made you feel?

I'm glad the resources I've linked will be helpful for you, and I can appreciate that it doesn't always feel fair when we don't get what we feel we are entitled to.

It can be helpful not to compare yourself to others, as you can never be sure what their individual situation and circumstances are. Other people's applications have no impact or influence on your own, so it's better to focus on giving yourself the best chance at appealing the DWP decision, with the right support and guidance. 

If you feel we can help support you in appealing the decision, then please do ask if you have questions.

Thank you.
I have seen different doctors and they each suggest other medication, I try it and then another suggests something else.
The best I had was naproxen but that was stopped as I have inflammation in my stomach so they stopped it.
I'm just stuck with either being in pain or feeling sick and a bit less pain.
Nothing is helping me walk and move about much.
It's hard accepting you can't be mobile like you used to be.
But then denied any mobility points.   And to know someone who commits benefit fraud gets what I should have.
The system is wrong

ShirleyW

I also had to stop taking Naproxen for my osteoarthritis because I had developed a duodenal ulcer.  All other painkillers apart from paracetamol make me very sickly. 

However I can use Voltarol gel which contains the anti-inflammatory diclofenac.  The Voltarol gel is rubbed into the painful joints. 

Although not as effective as Naproxen tablets it does reduce the pain and inflammation somewhat.  And it doesn't affect your stomach. 

Also gentle yoga and stretching exercises help me too with pain relief.