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Decision maker phone call after mandatory reconsideration request
Hi, I'm just looking for abit of help I recieved a random call yesterday from the mandatory reconsideration decision maker for my pip claim which I wasn't expecting at all after I had already recieved a letter to say they had everything they needed to make a decision. When I spoke to the decision maker she asked me if I'd…
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Work capability Health Assessment
Hello, First post here. Looking for anyone with experiences with the decision made on their Work Capability Health Assessment. I've been on UC since 2020 following redundancy due to Covid. I have various health issues even before Covid and had a Brain Injury which pretty much changed everything. Always been grateful with…
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Mobility mandatory reconsideration
My husband just had his PIP renewed. He had a total knee replacement in August and is still on two crutches. He can't drive or walk more than a short distance up and down the street in front of our house. He's in constant pain. I really think he should have high rate mobility. I am not his appointee but I helped him during…
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MM Mandatory reconsiderstion SUCCESS
Hi everyone. I just wanted to give everyone a bit of good news and also some advice. I was selected to be reviewed under the MM ruling but was told I wasn't successful. Long story short because I don't have anyone to prompt me, no family or professional help they said I didn't qualify. My point was that I don't leave my…
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Contesting the Assessors Report (pip review) prior to a decision being made
Hi all, new to the forum and in a complete state, could use some advice / reassurance / previous experience stories please….. I have Parkinson's Disease, Cervical Dystonia and Gastroparesis. I was on enhanced for both and had to send my forms for review last September. Since I sent in my original review form I have sent in…
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How long does it to make the decision
How long does it to make the decision
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I’m crushed 😞 PIP zero points
Hello everyone. I applied in March. I had my telephone assessment 4 weeks ago. I asked for my report and it came today. I got zero points from the nurse who took the assessment. I am autistic. I also have Marfans syndrome. I was diagnosed age 46 as autistic. The report states I mask incredibly well. This results in…
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Utilising AI to respond to complex government requests.
I recently used DeepSeek R32 an AI application in order to respond to a dispute regarding UC and pensions. I found it very useful so I asked members here if it would be helpful in their own responses to what can be very complex and daunting requests from UC and probably most departments of government. To be clear, if this…
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Question on if I have acted within Universal Credit rules
I receive Universal Credit and PIP. The PIP primarily due to my mental health affecting my cognitive function. Two years ago I have been through bankrupcy, in the form of DRO, again primarily due to mental-health and consequent addictions. It was a debt charity that helped put that DRO through, and they helped managed/plan…
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WCA WHILE WAITING MR
Hi im abit confused and hope someone can help with some information. I was given a WCA at the beginning of Sept of this year and was told I was fit for work (previously LCW but health declined so I asked for an assessment) I have put in a MR but because I was found fit for work I was made to attend an appointment with my…
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Crmr1 form address for a pip mandatory reconsideration
Hello all, my sister has had an unsuccessful pip claim, scoring 0 points, but since her health has deteriorated rapidly to stage 4 kidney failure resulting in needing dialysis and kidney transplant, we are in the process of doing a CRMR1 form for a mandatory reconsideration with all new evidence. We noticed there actually…
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Please help after work capability assessment- MR
Hello I had a work capability assessment after being on uc the assessment was by phone. I have been unable to work for 18 months. The outcome was LCW. I was hopeful and so was my social worker that I would get LCWRA. I hadn't returned the uc50 form back because of a mental breakdown. My PIP was stopped four years ago after…
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MR time frame
hi, can anyone give a definite answer on that. I asked for MR, within the time frame, i was given waiting time 15 weeks, THE DWP decision will be by the end of July 2025. I applied for PIP in January 2024, some changes in my treatment plan since January. I called DWP to ask if i can send in additional info.. DENIED. doES…
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My Successful PIP Appeal – What I Learned & How I Prepared and how £20 helped me win!
Hi everyone, I wanted to share my PIP tribunal experience to help others who might be going through the same thing. I was initially awarded 0 points for both daily living and mobility, but after appealing, I was awarded Enhanced Daily Living and Standard Mobility for 5 years. The process was frustrating and exhausting, but…
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My PIP payment has been taken away
Hi, so I have been on PIP basic living for 3 or 4 years and my case came up for review. I filled out the forms in March of 2024 and had my assessment call on 7th of August 2025. I had my doctors call the week before the assessment and sent a letter from my integrative practitioner the week before too. The call itself was…
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Need some advice on appealing a PIP review decision
Hello everyone I am new here, I am a carer for my husband who had a stroke in October 2022 and need some advice on appealing a PIP Review decision.
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Pip Mandatory decision phone call
Hello all and thanks in advance for any advice given :) I have been on the standard daily living component for PIP for a couple of years now I recently added another condition (patella chondromalacia in my left knee) I was told my award had not changed even though I really struggle I find it hard to walk and regularly need…
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If a tribunal turns the WCA result from fit for work to not fit for work, am I then classed as a...
new claimant? My worry about the government wanting to halve what new claimants get for LCWRA is that if this happens and I go to a WCA and get classed as fit for work, but I then do an MR, and then a tribunal and the result gets changed to not being fit for work is that maybe I'll be classed as a new claimant and then be…
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ADP and redetermination
I applied for adp in April this year and I was short on 2 points for the living and mobility sections. A week before I received my outcome I got a phone call from the case adviser asking me why my gp isn’t replying to their letters. I went away and called the gp and was told that one colleague who is in another practice is…
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MR for award length
Hi everyone, I really don't know what to do for the best. Any advice or help would be very much appreciated. My pip review started last October. Sent in my form with written statements, & lots of evidence of how my disability effects me. I had a paper based assessment & was thrilled to have my award increased from standard…
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O points on adp
I can’t believe I received a letter with 0 points on all sections Should I appeal the decision
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Challenge Pip
Hi Guys was wondering if I should ask for a mandatory reconsideration for my Pip..I received 11 out of 12 points for Daily component and 12 out of 12 for the mobality component Thanks {removed full name - moderator}
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Gp letter to use as evidence
Hi everyone, I’m going to be asking my gp to write a letter to use as evidence for my mandatory reconsideration. I’m not sure of what to ask him to write. And what other evidence would be good? Is there someone that has any advice of what I would need altogether? I have a appointment with citizens advice next week who are…
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PIP MR
Hi im doing my uncles MR thing, but ive never done anything like this before, have you? and if you have could read and see if its ok, is it enough? ==== means personal info hidden ======= ======= ======= Pip appeal MR request To whoever it may concern I’m writing to you in regards to the assessment and report of {moderator…
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PIP awarded but MH ignored. Feeling conflicted about going for MR.
Hi. I was amazed to be awarded PIP - although I do believe I am eligible due to physical health issues. A smattering of 2's in Daily Living, no 4, got me low rate for 2 years, review due in 18 months. While I was pleased, having lived below the poverty line for the last few years, I was/am disappointed. I have depression…
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PIP renewal, paper assessment
Recently sent in PIP renewal by paper, no assessment so decision based on evidence provided. I am appealing under MR, so no PA4 as no assessment, asked for Statement of reasons, apparently they don't have that, asked to speak to Manager, she said no Statement of Reasons and...rules have changed and they aren't required to…
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Dwp debt management refund
Hi does anyone know how long it takes to get a payment after a mandatory reconsideration went in my favour Six weeks have passed and when I phoned on Monday they said payment has been made ...but I haven't received it Thanks
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Pip
Hello, My sister has been awarded low rate pip 6 weeks ago after a year of waiting for any response from pip, she had telephone Assesment and explained all her problems and how they affect her daily, she thinks she should qualify for low rate mobility too, how does can she go about requesting them re-look at things?…
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Pip appeal
Hi I would like help on how to appeal a MR decision for pip as I have received a letter for my brother that he’s been rejected pip. we have till 9 July 2025. his mental health practioner doesn’t start till next week.
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LWRCA not being applied on a Reclaim
Quick summary of my UC-LCWRA saga (for anyone who can sanity-check my understanding): June 2019 – Passed a WCA, placed in LCWRA; award said “next review in 17 months.” Sept 2022–Mar 2023 – DWP official-error overpayment (£13k) that I discovered, in which took me 2 times to report it because they didnt take me seriously the…
