Mandotory reconsideration

LeicesterLad
LeicesterLad Community member Posts: 22 Listener
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Hi all hope your doing well! Does anybody have any experience with how long it takes to get a response from a mandatory reconsideration? 5 weeks and counting! I was deemed to have lcw but have appealed this! They don't like doing anything quickly do they lol 7 months for an assessment 3 weeks for a decision and now 5 weeks and counting for them to look at it again.. Interestingly my PIP assessment which is in a few weeks didn't take long at all. I thought it would be longer.. Anyway sorry for going on Thanks for your help 😊

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    MR decisions can take anything up to 12 weeks, sometimes longer.
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Community member Posts: 22 Listener
    poppy123456 said:
    MR decisions can take anything up to 12 weeks, sometimes longer.
    Jesus Christ 😭 okay poppy thank you 😊
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,443 Championing
    Best wishes for the MR and PIP assessment @LeicesterLad :) Let us know how you get on!
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Community member Posts: 22 Listener
    Hey just an update!! A decision maker called me out of the blue this afternoon to dicuss the mandotory consideration about lcw/lcwra the phonecall lasted around 20 mins and went well.. to my surprise I have just received a message in my journal from said decision maker who has changed the original decision from lcw to lcwra :) I can't even tell you how incredibly happy and relieved I am I and how incredibly lucky I feel .. It's been such a blessing getting answers and info on this website I want to thank you all who replied with suggestions and have encouragement ♥️ I would also like to say to anyone else who feels they have received the wrong decision please keep going and stick at it I know its a long tiring and stressful process but you can get the decision changed! Thank you all again and take care all 
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    That's fantastic news @LeicesterLad thanks for sharing with us, I'm so pleased to hear things have been resolved :)

    Thanks also for sharing a positive message of encouragement for anyone reading, I'm sure it will help a lot of people!
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 56,598 Championing
    Hi @LeicesterLad well done for appealing and getting a better out come.
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,232 Championing
    Yey!!! So pleased for you <3 

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