PIP decision being made off of medical evidence, despite having an assessment

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orangefresh

Hi, 

this is a strange one (I think) and wondered if anyone has ever come across this before. 

I had my pip assessment 2 weeks ago, the day after I requested a copy of my report, received 5 days later, to find tons of discrepancies. I rang dwp to speak to a case manager to air my concerns. She listened to me and decided to run through the assessment questions again and make note of my answers so the case manager could look at that also. 

I rang back couple days later as I had understand the report a little better and was astounded by even more contradictions. 

When I called back they said, the assement has been sent back to the assessor as there is so many discrepancies so we will be in touch. I rang the day after to see if it would be worth me formally complain to atos, however, the lady on the phone told me the assessors had responded regarding the discrepancies and it didn’t make much sense to the advisor and she had to speak to a case manager to confirm. She come back on the phone and said from what we can undertand the assessors have just said there is too many contradictions in the report and have advised us to gather as much medical evidence as possible and make a descision based off of that. 

I mean I have never come across this route in any forum. Has anyone else? 

Thanks 

poppy123456

I've not heard of this happening before. I don't know how she spoke to a case manager that quickly because it's a call centre you ring so please be aware that they often give incorrect information. All you can do at this stage is wait for the decision. Once it's made if you're not happy you can request the MR.