PIP Tribunal

Hi Trendy,

I have sent new evidence to a tribunal before and it's been accepted. I got a confirmation letter about this.

Chris.

Hi Trendy202,
Strictly speaking a Tribunal can only take into account health problems at the time of the initial claim. Please note, DWP and sadly some tribunals will maintain this means at the time if the relevant DWP decision however of this is an initial claim caselaw has clarified that this will encompass the 3 months before the claim and 9 months after. ('Relevant period')
Nevertheless, if you have acquired a new illness outside the 'relevant period' then it is possible that the tribunal won't award any points based solely on the illness as it is outside of the legal remit for the original appeal, if this is so the tribunal may say that you will need to reapply to DWP for a Supersession (further revision decision)
But....a lot will depend on what the new illness is...
Many health conditions co-relate to others. Basically, you get the first and the second often follows. Or things like eg having back ache due to herniated discs, and then you get knee ache - perhaps these are more related than you think, especially if the knee pain comes from poor posture/bad walking due to the back problem! If there is a definite causal connection, or a secondary condition that stems from the first then your 'new' condition isn't actually new and there is no reason why the tribunal shouldn't take thus into account in full.
Finally a new condition may be relevant as it simply shows that your health is genuinely bad, and that you really do have significant health problems, which even if not accepted will gain extra points at least makes the previous comments in the claim form likely to be true!!
I hope this helps.
LL26