Appeal PIP

Despair

Welcome to the forum.

You don't say when you made the appeal?

The DWP normally have one month from the date they receive notification of your appeal to prepare and submit their case to the Tribunal Service, if they have not met this deadline then the Tribunal Service will write to them requiring them to make a submission.

I cannot comment on your award based on the information that you have posted, but you need to be aware that PIP was created with the deliberate intention of reducing the disability budget by 20%, this is particularly the case for Mobility, so I am afraid many claimants will receive reduced awards on transfer,

Also, a Tribunal re-makes the original Decision, so you need to be aware that they can reduce or even remove an existing award, although they should warn you in advance if this is a possibility so that you can withdraw your appeal.

Your primary task is to show that you meet the criteria, there are many reasons you may have failed, you need to address each of these but don't get bogged down in criticising the assessment report unless you can clearly show that it is incorrect, it is a lot easier to argue the facts of the situation;

"the assessor recorded that I walked 50m, I did but they have failed to document that I had to stop every 10m for a rest due to breathlessness"

than their opinions

"based on my observations of the claimant walking I believe that they can reliably walk more than 200m.

If we can help you further then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help, however, as you already appear to have assistance from your Macmillan Nurse, they should be your primary source of advice as they will have access to your papers which we do not.

Gordon