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Assessors Report Received Today - is it worth calling the DM?

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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,562 Disability Gamechanger
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    How do you feel about this award @Femmelibre? :)

    I hope you're finding the community a helpful and friendly place to spend time.

    As always, let us know if you need anything.

    Alex
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  • Femmelibre
    Femmelibre Community member Posts: 12 Connected
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    Morning.

    I'll be submitting an MR as soon as the decision letter comes through. I've written it already, based on the assessors scores, and will just have to jiggle it a bit to reflect the DM's rational.

    Given that the DM literally took ten minutes to open my claim on the pc, make the decision and then call me back, it's obvious that she didn't read/take into account anything other than the assessors scores (ie medical info or the additional info I sent electronically). 

    She's ignored the fact that I can't use regular cutlery - which was the assessors rational for under awarding points under DL questions 1-6 (every justification said "can use regular cutlery so can do XYZ") and hasn't taken into account that the Assessor got "confused" about how far I can walk (I was asked how long it took me to walk to the toilet from my bed rather than how far and decided I could walk 50-200m repeatedly).  If I could walk 50m, in one go, even once a day, I'd be laughing. On "Crash" days, I'm lucky to make it to the loo - which btw is less than 3m, even if it takes me 2 minutes!! On non "Crash" days I can make it to the sofa, but not back again for at least 3-4 hours. 

    My understanding is that PIP is based on how far you can walk, on the flat, outside the house. My evidence, with examples and consequences of those examples, and my doctors evidence of my ability to walk (or not in this case) was completely ignored. 

    So a MR will go in, challenging these points, as I said, it's written already. Taken lots of advice from on here. No calling the Assessor a liar, just pointing out discrepancies and "misunderstandings" with plenty of real world explanations on what happened the last time I attempted to walk/cook/bathe etc.

    To be honest, the Assessors remarks would have been fair - if I could use regular cutlery (although I suspect she would have found a different reason lol) and if I could have walked for 2 mins, at a regular pace but the fact is I can't. And I can prove it.
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  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,983 Disability Gamechanger
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    @Femmelibre How are you finding things at the moment? I appreciate it has been a little while since you last posted on this thread now.

    I want to make sure you have access to the support you need and deserve but I am aware things might have changed. We are all here for you if we can do anything to help  :)
    Community Volunteer Adviser with professional knowledge of education, special educational needs and disabilities and EHCP's. Pronouns: She/her. 

    Please note: if I use the online community outside of its hours of administration, I am doing so in a personal capacity only.
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