PIP Activity 12.

Petbak

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There are a couple of issues that your son needs to consider.

If he goes with 20m-50m, which your post suggests was applied by the Assessor then he scores 10 points and will get a Standard Mobility Award.

If goes for 1m-20m then he is aiming for 12 points and an Enhanced award.

Is there any indication on the PA4 or the Decision Makers Statement of Reasons that he should also have received, as to whether they seriously considered 1m-20m but did not allow it because he had not been suffering from the restriction for at least 3 months? If they did then he may have a good case at appeal although the issue of the 3 months will need to be addressed.

If they did not and/or he did not score the 10 points then he will have to go back to scratch and argue that he meets one of the Descriptors, I assume he is not expecting to score points for Going Out which would also count towards a Mobility award.

Walking is considered to be an outdoor activity. He needs to show he is limited in the distance he can "reliably" walk for the majority of days. Reliably means

• Safely – in a fashion that is unlikely to cause harm to themselves or to another person.
• To a necessary and appropriate standard – given the nature of the activity.
• Repeatedly – as often as is reasonably required.
• In a timely manner – in a reasonable time period.


Have a look at our PIP Claim guide for more details, there is also a PIP Appeal guide and other documents that will be useful to his appeal.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip

If you have further questions then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Gordon