Advice needed please. Assessor's report isn't quite right. I scored 13 and 10- am I entitled to PIP?

MichaelMcC
MichaelMcC Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited July 2021 in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA

Hi all, I recently had my telephone interview with the assessor. I waited a couple of weeks and requested a copy of the report. It arrived and when I had a look at it there were a lot of things on the report that wasn't quite right. For a start the girl didn't even get my wife's name right.  Then she implied that I could recall dates and medication dosages yet my wife had to step in on numerous occasions to correct dates I had given. Also she had to run to the cupboard to check what medication dosages I was on. In her observations she stated that my wife was present but was not heard and made no comments which is a blatant lie. She also wrote I had good memory when discussing dates and medication. I am going to take this to citizens advice to have a look at. So, when checking her answers against the point system I have worked out 13 points for the first section and 10 points for the mobility section. Can anyone tell me if this means I am entitled to pips or can they still refuse. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks

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

    The report is only recommendations and a decision still needs to be made by a decision maker 

    They do usually go with the report 

    In your case the recommendations is enhanced daily living and standard mobility 

    Before doing anything I would wait till you get the decision letter 

    The assessor doesn't repeat what you say in the report 

    They make an assessment based on their opinion of how your functionality affects your living against the descriptors 

    Good luck and let us know how you get on 
  • lainyloo
    lainyloo Online Community Member Posts: 3 Connected
    hi I posted my pip claim form 3 weeks ago I’ve heard nothing from them do they acknowledge that they’ve received it or do I have to ask if they’ve got it and if so how? Thank you
  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Online Community Member Posts: 3,119 Connected
    edited July 2021
    MichaelMcC said:

    For a start the girl didn't 
    Sorry to be picky but I find that rather offensive. I’m sure she wasn’t a girl, she would have been a grown up professional woman. 
  • pandorasbox
    pandorasbox Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
    Fingers crossed you get the true results you feel you deserve. It’s totally frustrating when your memory is affected as mine is too.

    if you don’t feel it’s right, please do go through the mandatory reconsideration, it really is worth it. 

    If they turn you down at that point, tell them you’d like to appeal.  They usually call you and offer you a sort of deal where once you accept that offer, you can t appeal it again, but it’s a better deal than the first one, think about it on the phone and decide. I wish both yourself and your wife the best!?
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    pandorasbox said:.. tell them you’d like to appeal.  They usually call you and offer you a sort of deal where once you accept that offer, you can t appeal it again, ..
    That is not correct. If a revised award is offered and accepted while waiting for an appeal hearing the revised award can itself be appealed.
  • MichaelMcC
    MichaelMcC Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    Hey guys just an update on my claim. It turned out a weird one. They sent me my back payment on Sunday/Monday at 12pm. I actually got my back payment before I got my confirmation letter. They put 2k in my bank as I had claimed a few months before hand. I didn't realise they claim date is from you originally phone them. But any who. I made 13 points on daily living and 10 on mobility. I really wanted it the other way around. However I'm not complaining as now they are paying my full rent for me and my misses and kids. My wife works 24hrs a wk, and as such we have to pay full rent to our housing association. It works out nearly £450 a month. That's a decent mortgage. We've been paying that for the last 15yrs. Now I've got pips they awarded us a few thousand in housing benefit. Because we were in thousands debt its went a way to paying that off. But it means that we won't have to pay any rent. And our local charity have applied for a grant that will bring our rent debt down a massive chunk. Almost half. I am getting my pip for mental health but I cannot express enough how big of a relief it is to have these payments. I have been on antidepressants for 14yrs but only found out a couple of months ago that it is class as an illness. If I had known this years ago I think that it would have made things easier. I always worked my nuts off but when my second child was born I was made redundant. I didn't mind because I had worked 10 years solid before that in a job I despised. Then 9 yrs staying at home as a dad.  Depression got worse and worse. Tablets no longer work yet my doctor insists on taking them. 
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    Hello @MichaelMcC

    Thanks for the update and good to hear you got the award. It appears to have eased quite a bit of worry for you, which is nice to hear.
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,468 Championing
    Hi @MichaelMcC :) When you say
    Tablets no longer work yet my doctor insists on taking them. 
    Do you mean that the anti-depressant tablets your doctor has prescribed are no longer working? If that's the case, I'd definitely encourage you to speak to your doctor about this, as they may be able to adjust your dosage or offer you a different kind of medication. Is that something you'd feel comfortable with?

    It could also be worth exploring the idea of talking therapy, if you haven't already. Is that something you've ever tried before? 

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