Timing of PIP application

I would collect all evidence to go with the application form. Daily visits to surgery can speed things up. Usually I go see receptionists and ask them to print off what I need. Mine are very helpful. That way you have the complete package to submit at the same time.

Hi doesn't it have a date on the letter saying when you need to have it back in? When does your claim expire, am I right in thinking that it's a new claim your putting in.

Don't send the same information you sent with his last claim, you need to contact your husband's consultants/GP and get up to date support letters for him.

Good luck

You can apply now and send in supporting documents later. As long as your husband puts his name and NI no. on them.

Even though you were awarded your claim by a tribunal be prepared for the DWP to cut it again.

I was given mine until June 2019 and in November last year I was asked to go to another medical and was given a lower grade immediately even though my problems had worsened and I had supporting letters from surgeons and doctors and I had won my appeal for them to look at it again!!!! On appearing at a tribunal I lost that also.

Even though I protested that I should still have my higher rate until June 2019 I was told that DWP can call you back at any time. I was shocked. I had to hand my Motability car back in January (first time I have been without a Motalility car in 20 years) and have been housebound ever since.

Hi,

If you have received a letter from DWP asking about re-applying then i wouldn't delay that process. If you haven't received the letter then he should receive it soon because usually they contact you about 14 weeks before the award is due to end. It can take months in some areas just to have the face to face assessment, as most have these then expect one. If the decision isn't made by the award end date of his current claim then payments will stop. If his claim is successful then he'll be backdated to the date it stopped.

You need to send evidence that supports how his conditions affect him, rather than just letters about a diagnosis. Remember that the last time he applied DWP refused his claim and this could happen again because he was awarded by the Tribunal. I'm not saying this will happen but it certainly can.

When you fill out the form make sure you add as much information as possible about how his conditions affect him. If you need to use extra paper to do that then make sure you add name and NI number to every sheet.

I would advise sending the evidence with the form, rather than at a later date. When you return the form DWP send your file to the health assessment providers, including the evidence you send with it. Sending evidence at a later date could mean that it won't be forwarded onto the assessment providers. When a decision is made they rely heavily on the report that was written. He can take it with him to the assessment but sometimes they refuse to accept it on the day, this has happened to me a couple of times. Now i make sure i send everything when returning the form.