How to apply for Personal Independence Payment PIP (Face to Face interview and appeals) Part 3 

Thank you for the update good information

I am the parent of two disabled teens, they both have both physical and mental health difficulties, and we have had two very different experiences with claiming PIP. With the older one, I completed the form on their behalf and supported them at the face to face assessment and were awarded first time without issue. My youngest I successfully claimed DLA on their behalf (middle rate care and higher rate mobility) when they first started really struggling and then last year I They turned 16 and so I completed the PIP form on their behalf to move to PIP. My youngest’s conditions are more complex than the older and their physical health much worse. Their mental health difficulties are still awaiting full diagnosis also. I supported them at the assessment in April (which they attended in their powered wheelchair since they can’t walk at all without aids and due to the stress of attending the assessment they could not have coped with the physical pain of trying to walk as well. Was awarded enhanced daily living (perfect, since their conditions have worsened and their needs increased since we claimed DLA), but nothing for mobility! So according to this assessor, they have gone from being virtually unable to walk when we claimed DLA, with worsening symptoms but now have no problems with mobility? I write to request a Mandatory Reconsideration, detailing and proving the outright lies in the assessor’s report (she claimed that several of my conditions were undiagnosed but they are diagnosed and she already had the evidence of this, which I copied again). She also claimed that because I am not prescribed any hugely strong painkillers or anxiety specific medications that I cannot be as bad as I claim. MR came back with no change whatsoever in the points. So I have just put in an appeal and gathering even more evidence while we wait to hear from the tribunal service.

@TS, thanks for the powerful information . I have multiple health issues and am on continuous prescription more than ten years now. I have a long time pain from a previous accident which is severe during cold weather, mental issues and diabetes. Because of my ill health, I work part time in health care. Have a feeling that my situation should be considered if the system was fair, but I feel like trying PIP is gonna be a time waste. Just creating another stress.

Thank you 😊

I need to do this but the process is too much for me. On my own with noone who can help. Ugh. Sucks.

Advice on paper assessment?

Would I lose my disability premiums that are paid with my job seekers allowance if I chose to move over to Universal Credit and If migrated across would a transitional payment cover disability payments?

Do you need to fill in a PIP assessment every 3 years? Our daughter receives PIP, and applied for it in February 2021. She was awarded it. However I am interested to find out if we need to go through that process again, and whether we will get the same assessor is another question. The reason for this question is that her health has not changed, in fact it has gotten worse since the last assessment.

Thank you for the advice but how can I apply for PIP ? Sorry I don’t have good English so I have difficult apply for PIP . Could you help me? Thank you

They are all terrible people!!!! I would need to be dribbling and wetting yourself :/

Hi. I have a question, what happens when a person is unable to attend a face to face assessment because of health reasons, and the Independent Assessment team are unable to arrange a domiciliary visit, because the claiments diagnosis states that he/she is a "danger to themselves or others."

What if you are living with family temporarily therefore it is not your own environment. How would that affect an at home assessment?