PIP

Thanks for the reply denise15811

Yeah i suppose thats true it could go either way. My hope is that if i do get refused then i will be able to appeal it because they havent gave me the f2f. 

You can ask for Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) won't make a difference saying they didn't give you a f2f. Refusal of PIP can happen without one unlike ESA. Did you send in evidence to support your claim?

yeah i sent in all my medcial information & i also allowed them to access my DLA records too 

Hi Courtney,

I transferred from DLA to PIP but unlike you, I had to have a f2f.  I was assured that I wouldn't need one as I was on DLA indefinitely, but they got that wrong   

You would still have been able to appeal if you had been given a f2f by the way, quite a few people on here have had to go to appeal and I believe that most of them have won their appeal.  

I hope you hear soon, please let us know how you get on. 

Hi Sukes ,

I was told the opposite to you , when i was asking for advice on filling my forms out i was told that everyone was getting called for the f2f which added to the stress.    How did you get on with your f2f ? iv read so many horror stories on them?

  

The problem we have is that we only ever read the bad stories, and there sure is plenty of them out there. The reaosn we don't hear the good ones is if someone get a decision in their favour then they have no questions to ask. Therefore we don't hear about them.

I've had 2 f2f assessments for PIP in the last 2.5 years and in all honesty i didn't find either of them that bad. Stressful before and after yes but other than that they were ok.

yes thats very true denise. i would say it would be stressful and the fact you have had 2 in such a short space of time would be rather annoying. It really is a big stressful waiting game. I know that they are carrying out the change in order to catch people out but for those of us with genuine disabilities , its just adding on extra un called for stress.

I take it you were reawarded your PIP?

Yes stressful indeed. Yes i got standard on both the first time. 2nd time i got Standard Daily living and Enhanced mobility for 4 years. Review in 3 years.

Brilliant Denise , must be such a weight lifted. 

Thanks. Yes it was If you added a mobile number to the PIP2 form they should text you once they have all the info the need. If this happens it shouldn't be too long.