New claim for Pip waiting times?
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HarmstonRebecca
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Hi everyone. I filled in a PIP form and returned it in mid December 2019 along with 70 pages of medical evidence including scans and xrays. I have crohns, short bowel, arthritis and spondylosis.
I know the form has been received as I had a text. Since then I haven't heard anything about it. Not even a letter to arrange an assessment.
Just wondered if anyone else knows about current waiting times. Last time I tried to claim I had an assessment and rejection quickly.
I know the form has been received as I had a text. Since then I haven't heard anything about it. Not even a letter to arrange an assessment.
Just wondered if anyone else knows about current waiting times. Last time I tried to claim I had an assessment and rejection quickly.
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Hi,There's no timescales, it depends on backlog in your area. A successful claim could potentially take several months in some areas, maybe longer.70 pages of evidence is an awful lot, i must admit and they may not read all of that. For evidence, less is often more. Unless a piece of evidence states how your conditions affect you, then you need to think is it worth sending it.You say that you were previously refused. May i ask if you requested the MR and Tribunal for that decision? If you didn't was there any reasons why?0
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I didn't appeal last time as I know you're unlikely to be awarded pip for crohns. My health has got worse and I now have problems with my spine and severely trapped leg nerves so will appeal this time. The lady I spoke to said to send everything relating to condition do maybe they are still waiting on reports.0
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PIP isn't awarded based on a diagnosis, it's how those conditions affect your ability to carry out daily activity based on the PIP descriptors. A face to face assessment is most likely.
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Sending in scans and X rays and photos is pointless because, once scanned and uploaded onto the system, they just appear as a black page of useless blurb
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Welcome to the community @rosielx! Please do let us know how you get on and if there is anything else we can do to help.
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I am in scotland and put my son's application form in the post 8th jan. A few days later i got a letter to say they hadnt received any reply from me and they were giving me til 6th feb to respond.
I phoned them straight away on getting this letter and they confirmed they had received my application and it had been scanned to their system 14th january.
The man i spoke to was very helpful and friendly and he did make the comment 'oh, yes i can see you have sent a lot of evidence in with the form'
I was quite surprised as i felt i hardly had any evidence to send in compared to when my son was younger and heavily involved with nhs services.
This time i had sent a cognitive report comprising 4 pages of A4 (8 sides of text)
And an autism report 2 pages A4 with 4 sides text.
And a single page language report. So 7 sheets seems to be what they call 'a lot'
Yesterday (22nd feb) i received a letter saying they have all the info they need to make a decision. No face to face invite.
So 5 weeks from them having received the form to this letter.
Though i understand it can be many many more weeks until we hear a decision.
If you call them, you might find them helpful as i did. And maybe they can let you know where abouts in the system your claim is. Good luck!
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