PIP assessment

EMMc1966

I applied for PIP first time round in September 2020 and went through all the process to finally gain only 6 points in December 2021 at Tribunal, therefore missing out on getting an award. I was gutted but not deterred. I have profound hearing loss and was encouraged to apply again but this time round I was advised to get help with the claim form. I made a new claim in March this year and to my amazement I have been awarded, I'm over the moon. I was given a paperbased assessment this time round, first time round I had a telephone assessment where I only achieved 2 points for communicating verbally. When at Tribunal I was give 2 points for showering and bathing, 2 points for communicating verbally and 2 points for engaging face to face. This time round I gained 2 points for showering and bathing, 12 points for communicating verbally and 4 points for engaging face to face. Mobility I got 10 points for planning and following a journey. The assessor who did my report was accurate and even got further medical evidence from my audiologist, so she obviously did my report efficiently. Reading her report made me so happy, but there was a couple of things in the report that has me puzzled and need someone's advise on this. At the beginning of the report in the list of all evidence considered in formulating advice I noticed she had referred to my first PIP report back in 2021, is this normal practise when compiling a new report? Also further down on the list she has written 13-7-22 BE review34 x FME. Consent given. To be completed as BE. What does BE stand for and what does it all mean. Its doing my head in. Also she mentions in each descriptor section what i got in my last report. Thank you for reading this long winded post but had to explain some background. Tia 

Alex_Alumni

Hello @EMMc1966 thanks for sharing this, it's so positive to hear that you've been awarded this time around I can see you're really pleased with the result.

At the beginning of the report in the list of all evidence considered in formulating advice I noticed she had referred to my first PIP report back in 2021, is this normal practise when compiling a new report? Also further down on the list she has written 13-7-22 BE review34 x FME. Consent given. To be completed as BE. What does BE stand for and what does it all mean. Its doing my head in. Also she mentions in each descriptor section what i got in my last report. 

I'm not sure of an answer as regards these questions I'm afraid, and it's frustrating that it's not been made clear for you. I would gather the references to any previous reports are standard practice. I don't know what "BE" stands for.

I've marked your post as unanswered so that our members can more easily share their thoughts on this, and if we can help with anything further in the meantime, please do ask.

Alex 

Sue_Alumni

Good morning EMMc1966

Thank you for sharing with us the news of the successful outcome of your PIP claim.  You must be over the moon. 

I am the least techy person in the world (I can remember the days without mobile phones and laptops) but here goes.  I've done a quick google search and understand that FME stands for the Feature Manipulation Engine. This is a platform that streamlines the translation of spatial data between geometric and digital formats. I think that BE means that the access requirements for installing the software were complied with. Is it possible that this was used in your case ?  At the end of the day I think this reference I the report is a tick box administration feature to show that relevant procedures were followed.  I don't think its anything to worry about.  As I said, I am only relaying the results of my research and am very happy to be corrected by other members on the community !

I think the assessor referred back to your previous report as essentially she was disagreeing with it.  I think she was using it as a basis to explain why her recommendations were not following those in the previous report.