Pip review

Hi @rasberry - if you have been sent the 'How your disability affects you' form (it should say PIP2 at the bottom of the page), then this is correct. Your win was with a tribunal, not the DWP as you know. The DWP didn't disagree at the time, & have paid you ever since. So now if you wish to keep on claiming PIP, it's a new claim form.

You should complete & return this. I'm sorry this has stressed you, but hopefully things will go better this time.

Have another look at the activities/descriptors that are looked at with PIP:  https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/asset-library/personal-independence-payment-descriptors-and-scores-april-2023.pdf
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 happened, did anyone see this, & were there any consequences to attempting/doing an activity?
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 a disability. See this mentioned at the end of the link above.
Try keeping a diary for a week or so. Just complete a few questions at a time, & you can always add extra pages at the end. Just ensure you put your name & National Insurance number on each page. You can also ring the PIP enquiry line on 0800 121 4433 to ask for extra time to complete the form, & you will be given another 2 weeks without question.

Another thing I've been looking into today as I have some concern:

 - Not all of our members appreciate that a review form needs to be treated by giving as much detail as the PIP2 form. Does this put anyone at a disadvantage if they don't find out on forums such as this? I would argue that it does. 

 - As we know there's very little space on the AR1 form, & some people may think that's all the space they have in which to reply

 - I must admit, I've only previously checked the AR1 form, but not the notes accompanying it. In the nicest possible way I 'blame' @nasturtium for their helpful info, which I've been looking into again today. Their 2nd link to rightsnet got me trying to look into things afresh. The point here being why in the notes for the AR1 are claimants told a supporting letter from your GP is emphatically NOT wanted? And please also look here: https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/16756

So why is this mentioned in the AR1, but not the PIP2? This was also brought to my attention with a recent member's posts (thank you @Leigh14 ) We know that a GP's letter is more likely usually hearsay than medical evidence, but I do also feel it may have a helpful part in some with lifelong conditions/disabilities nonetheless.

I'm not, as I hope you know, arguing, & I was only commenting on some differences between these forms. You can add extra info on both at the end, so I didn't mention that. And, yes, for both detail needs to be given, as I believe I mentioned.

I completely agree that usually a GP's evidence isn't the best to send; but, on occasion, perhaps they may help, as I said; one reason being to support that a claimant may have a lifelong condition that's not going to improve. Being told not to send a GP's supportive letter with the AR1 therefore surprised me.