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Pip review
susankay
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Hello. This is my first post. Dwp recieved my ar1 form 2nd august. I phoned them 3 weeks ago and my form was with the DM. I have heard nothing since. Any ideas as to how long they take
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I would hate to guess what the staffing levels are like now in terms of numbers, excluding agency staff, when compared to 10/15 years ago bearing in mind the extra work load increasing year on year.
As an example and why I jumped ship and retired from the Civil Service earlier than I intended. Pre 2008 in my department of 52 investigators and support staff we had a work load maximum of 12 new cases a month to investigate and clear. By 2009 the department reduced the number of staff down to 24 and investigators were then expected to take on and clear 24 cases a month. That was me gone!
It is much like the young lad trying to plug the leaks in the dam using only his fingers and toes.
I am also Expecting another f2f as well.
I posted to try and find out how long people are waiting roughly for a f2f from sending there Review Form in. But thank you for your input.
This is my wait so far im in south wales .
Recieved my review form 4th april, I asked for a three week extension because cab were doing it for me , had my f2f in early august they recieved my assessors report 21st, phoned and had a copy the following day wow couldnt believe it came that quick ,
According to assessors report he gave me 13 points care and 18 mobility . Phone on numerous occasions still no decision yet but have been told by Dwp at least I got some money coming in .
Its been 7 weeks since they 6 months from start hope this helps some of you good luck.
634,000 (36%) were recorded with ‘Psychiatric disorders’ (which includes ‘Mixed anxiety and depressive disorders’ and ‘Mood disorders’).
372,000 (21%) were recorded with ‘Musculoskeletal disease (general)’ (which includes ‘Osteoarthritis’).
Taken from DWP stats
A total of 57% of all claimants with an award will have either Psychiatric disorders or Musculoskeletal disease
Over £10000 due
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The way I had to work the claims was by trial and error.
The first two failures were changed at MR stage from 0 points to enhanced care & mobility!
That's why people with one leg or no legs sometimes get declned, it's because despite everything they say they can manage just about and that will scupper the claim.
If you can manage that's that.
If you need help to manage that will help your claim.
They don't care if you barely scrape through alone.
It's what help you need.
Don't know how this became a row.
In my experience claims fail because they don't get enough proof with the application, the more the better, if people put as much effort into the beginning as the appeals they would fare better.
I was guilty of this too, just gave names of docs etc, didn't give health visits and appointments receipts for proof of travel etc costs, nurse appointments, incidents and problems you had and when and where. there's so much more you can send them at the start and then they rely less on the damn f2f who just lie, I don't know why but they do.
That fact alone caused us two and a half years of hell for one poinr.
If yr unsure they understood ask to see what they wrote.
I think it's part of the process now tbh, you have to navigate the manipulation and untruths of the assessors to reach the tribunal where you will finally be heard by humans with no vested interest beyond being fair.
Use the time to fine tune your reasons and resist the urge to waste time on the unfairness of the early process. :-)
With you saying the above to Sarah, maybe I missed out on the crux of the matter - have my wife write a comprehensive statement (well she would sign it) on how my life is and the impact it has both on me and her?
To even think that it would is like suggesting that the claimant is better off getting a letter of that nature (whether it is true or not). It's an open invitation to fraud.
We have the same disease yet it depends on the individual how they deal with it. Nothing in my mind compares with the pain and shock of getting two 9mm bullets in my body - now that is bloody painful!
If you re-read my post a little more carefully you will see that I was identifying an area that could be used fraudulently. Much better to point this out than to ignore it. In fact I hope that someone tells the DWP of this possibility.
To suggest that a 'letter' written by the claimant but purporting to come from someone else (husband/wife etc) would be treated with more weight than a report from a GP/OT etc. is plainly wrong.
Help for me? Well as I have said before if someone wants to take on my PIP claim and deal with the appeal then they have my blessing, or maybe fill out a claim form for Attendance Allowance which seems a doubtful exercise and deal with submission of it.
Yes I am still in time - it's less than 13 months since the date of the MR decision.
No, I would never suggest or carry out any fraudulent act to gain a benefit payment. In fact I am the other way inclined that if I don't think I am entitled I won't make a claim unlike some that put in claims even without assessing their own entitlement first - claim they say, they can only say no.
For a start a partner is/could be biased and if there is an inkling that if he/she wrote a letter that would carry more weight than a medical report then the chances are that they will do so. The problem that the case manager must have is to judge how much truth is there in that impact statement?
Is it possible that it is a fabrication? possibly. Are there elements of exaggeration involved? Maybe.
Should the case manager just accept it at face value? I would hope not, I certainly wouldn't.
There are some that will do what they have to do to gain any advantage.
To openly suggest that such a letter is to be treated as good evidence is open to those that would want to use that system for other means.
But given what has been said about the value placed on a letter from a partner surely there is scope for it to be abused by some?
If I was so inclined and knew the value of a letter such as that, would I consider asking my wife to draft such a letter in such a way that it described the impact and addressed the correct descriptors in the hope that I might get a good PIP award even thought that half the contents were a complete exaggeration?
Surely and getting away from this 'dubious' evidence should more not be made of evidence from say an OT or physiotherapist? At least it will be independent and unlikely to be biased.
In fact the Department of Transport banned the use of GP letters of support to be used as prime evidence in applications for a Blue Badge for the same reason as they were deemed likely to be biased in favour of the applicant.
Much more effort has now been placed on independent reports assessing the impact directly. Should not the DWP be following that same route in asking the claimant to supply this type of evidence?