seeking opinions - should i ask for a reassessment?
so i am on PIP & i am currently getting standard mobility and enhanced daily living. i have a close friend who is also on PIP and i am very open with her about this stuff, to the point where we’ve seen each other’s forms and whatnot because we will quite often help each other with “disability admin”, like filling out forms or making requests to our social workers and advocates and so on.
she asked me a couple times about why i wasn’t on enhanced mobility (because she knows i am in general not able to make journeys alone, but because when i applied for PIP i was thinking “well i can make journeys alone once every couple weeks, so i can do it”).
i have now realised that while i am currently getting standard mobility PIP (10 points on planning and following journeys), i could probably be getting the enhanced rate (12 points on planning and following journeys).
i still have copies of all my responses from my application. but i am wondering if it is worth it? i am a little paranoid that if i ask for a reassessment i might lose my PIP (which i know is probably not the case, i didn’t even have to appeal or anything the first time and they actually scored me higher than i was expecting) and even if i did get the enhanced rate, it’s just a lot of stress.
what would y’all do? would you just wait for the next reassessment, or ask for one now? i don’t think i’m due a reassessment until 2028. it’s not THAT much more money, but £50 a week is a couple grand a year and i am fully reliant on benefits.
i am speaking to friends & family about this also but i don’t know anyone who has asked for a reassessment so i don’t know what it’s really like.
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@elijahSC you have hit on the one confusing area of a PIP Review form. If you only go out the odd time needing someone with you and suffering with stress because of it, the 10 points is correct. You need to be going out on more than 50% of days, needing someone with you and suffering with stress because of it, to be awarded the 12 points. If you don't go out more than 50% of days you cannot score the 12 points. You will need proof of the amount of times you go out each week.
You would need to put in a Change of Circumstances, but you need to be absolutely sure you can increase your award (Mobility to Enhanced rate) because your whole claim/award will be looked at again and your award could go up, stay the same, go down or stop.
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ok so asking for clarity - if i very rarely go out because i struggle to go out, and if when i go out i need someone with me say 70-80% of the time, then are you saying i would still get 10? like do i need to be actively frequently going out, and when i am going out i have to have someone with me?
a big part of the reason i DON’T go out is because i haven’t had social care support since june 3 because of bureaucracy stuff, and the relative who looks after me works full time from home, so she can’t often take me out places so usually i have friends come to the house or get things delivered and whatnot. i would actually like to go out more but need someone with me because i struggle to follow routes and i also struggle crossing roads safely.
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@elijahSC if you rarely go out because you struggle to and need some one with you when you do, the 10 points is correct! You need to be going out more than 50% of days, struggling to do so and needing someone with you to score the 12 points. Two forum members are well aware of the rules for their own claims/awards and that is what they have said on this forum. You can check if you wish with a benefits adviser but I know this to be correct.
Most members that are unaware of the rules get it wrong, thinking if you are worse and hardly go out due to overwhelming distress and need some one with you, that is the 12 points, but actually it is the other way round! Like I said, very confusing!
There is at least one member recently that got it wrong and was going to appeal, but changed his mind when the rules were explained to him.
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thank you, this is actually really helpful! so if (dare i say when?) my social care is back in place and i am hopefully getting out most days, i should ask for a reassessment at that point? it was so odd to me that “unable to make any journey” gets less points than “can’t follow the route of a familiar journey without another person, aid or assistance dog” (quotes are paraphrased) but the same friend who brought this up to me pointed out that i don’t exactly have any travel costs for the PIP to help with, so it makes sense.
i am glad you happened to know this, bc they do not make it easy to find clear and specific information about PIP!
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@elijahSC it you are getting out more than 50% of days to go to your social care but struggle to do so and need someone with you, you would have as case for reassessment.
I agree with your second sentence, that is what you would think, but your friend has a very good point - extra travel costs...…
It has been said, the that even assessors can get it wrong with this area of the PIP Review form.
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