Do you get marked down for contradictions?

LeeA380
LeeA380 Online Community Member Posts: 59 Connected
in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA
On my original PIP application form, I said that I could walk maybe 200m with crutches. Obviously in the descriptors this would award me 4pts.

However, on my telephone assessment I told the guy that I could really only reasonably walk up to 50m with crutches, and even this was with pain and somewhat slothful.

On my PIP decision letter, I was awarded just the 4pts like I said on my original form.

I am now in the process of a MR with more information on my side (and some more evidence), but will this contradiction come back to haunt me?

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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Hi there 

    They do look at the form but the other evidence as well 

    Its hard to estimate how far you can walk so I wouldn't worry give examples in the mr like how far you walked last time and the consequences eg pain   fatigue also can you do it safely   reliably and repeat and in timely manner 
  • closeencounter
    closeencounter Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    I wouldn't worry, as most of us know the PIP2 form can be somewhat confusing on some of the questions, as pp said it's hard to estimate. The MR is a good chance to give a lot of examples and evidence to back your claim. Make sure you give real life examples and what has happened previously, include the discriptors and the ones you think should be changed and how doing these tasks would effect you.
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing
    Hi @LeeA380 - with a MR a new decision maker will look at your claim. Put your MR in writing putting your name & National Insurance number on each page. As mentioned, give a couple of detailed examples of the difficulty you faced (at the time of your assessment) for each applicable activity/descriptor. It's your own individual 'evidence' that's needed above all. So, when did it happen, why, what exactly happened, who witnessed it, & what, if any, were the consequences of attempting/doing the activity?
    Could you do the activity reliably? This means to an acceptable standard, as often as it would be reasonable for you to want to repeat it, did it take you longer than someone who hadn't got your disorder, & could you do it safely? So, if walking takes you longer & causes you pain, this should be mentioned.
    This is the info you need, rather than from elsewhere, or more medical info, as your diagnoses will not be doubted, it's exactly about how you have functional problems with certain activities of daily living, & mobility that are looked at with PIP. Just tell your individual story. As far as other 'evidence' goes, less is more.

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