Turned down for PIP: hopping mad

I received bad news this morning regarding my PIP application; they have turned me down. I am hopping mad.

The DWP have been prompt, it is only three weeks since my medical, but their scoring is just completely wrong.

I suffer pretty severe anxiety and agoraphobia and find it very hard to leave the house, other than on a good day a couple of hundred yards to the nearest shops and café. I know this is not the worst case of the condition they will have come across but I was allocated only 4 points on the “Planning and following journeys”. This was, allegedly, because the descriptor that applies is: “You need prompting from another person to undertake a journey to avoid causing mental distress”.

This is patent nonsense. At no point on my application form, or in the Capita medical, did I mention the need for another person to help prompt me to go out of the house. It just is not the case. They could argue that I am not completely housebound, but that is nothing to do with which persons are or are not present. I have no idea where they have got this stuff from.

Obviously I plan to write immediately for a re-appraisal.

Just wondering if there is anything else I can do at this stage? Can I ask for a copy of the medical report?

Also, should I just send in your suggest standard letter for requesting an appraisal or should I flesh it out with the reason I think they are wrong?

I also got 2 points for Daily Living for 'Engaging with other people face-to-face'. Again I was described as someone who could only 'engage with other people' when prompted by another person. This is even more ludicrous than the Mobility score.