Supporting evidence

Hi @RA3 - & welcome to the community.

I would also be wary of supplying letters that contradict how you feel your disabilities affect you.

Your declared diagnoses won't be in dispute, so what's the most important is giving your own detailed anecdotal evidence rather than concentrating on any medical confirmation of your problems. Your consultants haven't seen you wash, cook or budget, etc. so how you explain your difficulties with relevance to the PIP descriptors really, really, matters.

First may I suggest you have a look at what the PIP assessors look at with their criteria: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-2-the-assessment-criteria

Please ensure you read the 'Reliability' section, as this is so important for all the PIP descriptors/activities.

Secondly, try & give a couple of recent, detailed examples as to the difficulty you face for each applicable descriptor, i.e. when did it happen, where, what exactly happened, did anyone see this, & were there any consequences in attempting/doing an activity, such as pain/fatigue? What support do you need, even if you don't get it?

Say if you can do each applicable activity 'reliably,' i.e. safely, to an acceptable standard, repeat as often as one would reasonably expect, or if it takes you much longer than someone without your disability.

With review forms there's often not much space to give an adequate reply, so please add additional pages (putting your name & National Insurance number on each) & saying which question it's about (or continuation of any reply on the form).

Please keep in touch, & let us know if our members can help you further.