Please Help!!!

Hello Roseanne and welcome

So sorry that you have been put in this position, your story is not uncommon

PIP and DLA use very different criteria for an award. It is omportant to understand the points system, descriptors and the criteria for an award. A good place to start is the self test on the B&W site.

http://www.mybenefitsandwork.co.uk/pip/indexxx.php

Actions to take,

First you should ask for a copy of the assessment report

Then chase them for your decision letter.

Next, within one month of the date of your decision letter you must ask for a mandatory reconsideration

If you can supply any further evidence that supports your claim , now is the time to do it if possible. A GP letter detailing very specifically the problems your have with the PIP activities would be good.

The MR is the first stage of any appeal and has to be done before you can progress your claim to tribunal if necessary. The problem is not normally the evidence you have supplied, but the way it has been read ( or not ).

You should take each descriptor one at a time and reference page and paragraph the point in your evidence that shows you meet the criteria for an award. Lead the reader to the evidence so they cannot miss it. The reader does not want to read the equivalent of "War and Peace" to find the gems. Make it idiot proof.

Be prepared to take your claim to the independant tribunal where success is statistically more likely, There is no need for further evudence but if you have evidence that you cannot supply in time you will have a further chance if needed.

There is lots of info on here about all of this so please have a look around and come back with any questions

With regard to your car, have mobility given you any options to extend your time period ?
if not then you should give them a call

CR 

hi rosie i would say you stand a very strong chance as they didnt isue you with a decision letter to appeal with or pre warning i have no where near as much expertise as cr but would just like to state for a bit of support that you should be fine 
all the best 
rich 

rosie6379,

I'm so sorry about the car - that's very touch. Motability do tend to do what they can so if you have contacted them, there may not be much more you can do. As I said before my other suggestion is that you tell your MP - you have been let down, as you say. The system doesn't protect people like you who are already on PIP and then get reassessed.

As you may have seen on here, it's very rare for MRs to be successful, and you may need to appeal - if so, please do come back for advice. If you can get a benefits adviser to come out to your home to help you deal with the appeal process that would be great, but I know that this is pretty limited and will depend on where you live - you can try contacting your local CAB in the meantime in case they do provide this service.

Will